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WhiskeyBarleycorn Spotlight!

October 17, 2022

SPOTLIGHT! How Limavady’s Darryl McNally Is Building An Irish Whiskey Legacy

Limavady founder Darryl McNally loves to tell people that while his first distillery job at Bushmills was in 1998, his Irish Whiskey education began almost half a century ago when…


by John McCarthy

Barleycorn Spotlight!Drinking WellSingle Malt

October 12, 2022

BURNING QUESTION! Can Icons Also Be Iconoclasts? St. George Spirits Shows Us How

From Jesus to Anthony Bourdain to Kim Gordon, a small subset of the most influential figures shaping the world’s beliefs and tastes are as devoted to testing the boundaries of…


by Kathleen Willcox

Barleycorn Spotlight!

September 2, 2022

SPOTLIGHT! Meet Sydney Jones, F.E.W.’s “Accidental” Distiller

As she describes it, F.E.W. Spirits distiller Sydney Jones “got into whiskey completely by accident.”


by Susan Reigler

WhiskeyBourbonBarleycorn Spotlight!

March 7, 2022

INSIDE BOURBON! In the Sensory Lab with Maker’s Mark Innovation Director, Jane Bowie

When Maker’s 46 was released in 2010, it was the first time in Maker’s Mark’s history that a bourbon besides its flagship wheated expression was offered. Chairman Bill Samuels,…


by Susan Reigler


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