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Japanese whisky is an exciting category full of age-statement bottles and tasty, affordable blends. Here are the 13 best ...

Distilled from 55% rye and 45% barley grown entirely on Islay, the 7-year-old whisky emerged from a crop rotation experiment ...

Grain whisky has long been largely (and perhaps unfairly) shunned by whisky enthusiasts. Relatively few drinkers even understand what it is. It’s distilled from a combination of malted and unmalted ...

Nikka Whisky Marks 40th Anniversary of Cult-Favorite Expression with World Premiere of Limited-Edition "Extra Marriage" Special Release & Introduces Nikka From The Barrel in its Original 500ml Size to ...

Japanese whiskey can be a difficult segment of the liquor market for an American consumer to survey and approach for the first time. The brands and their reputations are unfamiliar. The styles (and ...

What exactly is Indian single malt whisky? In essence, it’s precisely as it seems. The post If you like Scotch, it’s time to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. I mostly write about the water of life, better known as whisky. This article is more than 5 years old. This month’s crop of ...

Ireland can boast a history of whiskey-making that rivals Scotland. Indeed, it was once the most popular type of whisky in ...

As per the new definition, single malt whisky is the one made from only malted barley in a still pot at a single distillery. As per the definition of single grain whisky, it should come from the same ...

The International Wine & Spirits Competition (IWSC) has announced the top blended Scotch whisky of 2024. The IWSC, the oldest whisky competition in the world, holds one of the largest yearly judging ...