It’s all about the rum: N.C. distilleries have reason to celebrate
North Carolina distilleries have reason to celebrate. Well, many reasons. State laws that are kinder to distilleries is one, and one piece of evidence for...
Category: Booze
New Year’s resolution beginning of tasty whiskey, aromatic gin
By John Trump What began with a New Year’s resolution between friends is now a unique distillery, which makes a traditional Carolina white whiskey and...
New release, Little Book, a bit of angels’ share in a glass
Pour Little Book into a Glencairn glass. Slightly part your lips and breathe in deeply. Get a full nose of this new blended whiskey from...
Laphroaig Cairdeas Quarter Cask sweet, smoky and irresistible
Laphroaig Distillery Manager John Campbell makes a habit each year of crafting a new version of Cairdeas — which means “friendship” in Gaelic — to...
TOPO, Buffalo Trace leaving an indelible ‘mark’ on bourbon drinkers
Some bourbon historians would say wheated bourbons may well have administered the proverbial shot that thrust the exquisite brown liquor past vodka and other nondescript...
Beer, bourbon, barbecue and Money at Koka Booth
Beer, bourbon, barbecue and Money. All in one place. Together. Cary, North Carolina on Friday, July 28 and Saturday, 29 plays host to the Beer,...
Celebrate National Scotch Day! Beam Suntory offers a couple suggestions
Put down that bourbon, and leave that bottle of Irish whiskey under the bar. Save the Canadian blends for another day. Thursday — this Thursday...
Monongahela rye from 1879 provides a small taste of history
It’s not often, if ever, that a lover of spirits gets to taste a 138-year-old whiskey. A member of my bourbon club in Greensboro, North...
Old Nick Williams: ‘Forgotten’ distillery makes epic comeback
People parked their cars in the grass and walked through fields and lawns, up a gravel road, toward the top of a small hill, little...
Press coverage for ‘Still & Barrel’
‘Still and Barrel’ traces NC’s distilling history while keeping eye on potential (News & Observer of Raleigh) Barstool: NC liquors’ strained history in ‘Still &...