Whisky

The Most Exclusive Investing Club Of Its Kind

The Huffington Post | Catherine New | Posted 04.25.2012

Forget Facebook's IPO. The newest investment on Wall Street is whiskey. The global demand for the potent amber fluid has been steadily rising over...

St. Paddy's Cocktails: A Dubliner Guide

Menuism | Posted 05.16.2012

Menuism

Whether you make it to Dublin this year or you'll just be enjoying the revelry stateside, here are a few ways to enjoy the generously flowing Irish whiskey and beer alongside the Irish nationals.

How To Order Whiskey Like A Pro

Kitchen Daily | Posted 03.18.2012

There's something intriguing about whiskey that makes us revere it with awe -- its name, after all, comes from the Gaelic uisce beatha, which means "w...

How to Survive a San Francisco Cold Snap

Mark Morford | Posted 03.19.2012

Mark Morford

Did you know fireplace logs come in boxes of six and cost roughly five thousand dollars per case at Whole Foods? Did you know they burn for three full hours each in pretty rainbow colors?

A Remembrance In Edinburgh

Barry Yourgrau | Posted 03.10.2012

Barry Yourgrau

As my plane descended towards Scotland, I boasted to the guy next to me that the first thing I'd do in Glasgow was grab a meat pie and a pint of Tennant's 80 shilling ale.

Taste Test: The 'World's First' Alcohol-Free Whisky

Posted 01.05.2012

Sure, writing about food all day may sound glamorous, but sometimes this job is hard, people. For example, when we taste ArKay, the world's first alco...

The 7 Best Tailgating Eats And Drinks

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted 12.13.2011

Big Girls, Small Kitchen

Football season is officially underway, but, really, what's a football game without a tailgate party? Whether you'll be serving friends in your apart...

7 New Scotch Whiskies For Autumn

Tony Sachs | Posted 12.06.2011

Tony Sachs

I hate autumn. No matter how many years I've been out of school, I can't lose that feeling of dread I get when the nights get shorter and the tempera...

Takeaways From Tales Of The Cocktail

Meg Hemphill | Posted 10.01.2011

Meg Hemphill

For this annual event, mixologists, alcohol brand ambassadors and cocktail consumers descend upon New Orleans to taste and see what's new in the liquor world.

Antarctic Explorer's Century-Old Scotch Recreated

GlobalPost | Emily Stone | Posted 06.06.2011

CHICAGO -- Few of us would want to relive Ernest Shackleton's arduous and ultimately unsuccessful trek to the South Pole 103 years ago. But a Glasgow ...

A Celtic Wanderer (PHOTOS)

Liza Weisstuch | Posted 09.20.2011

Liza Weisstuch

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Shackleton's Century-Old Whisky Flown Out Of Antarctica

AP/Huffington Post | Posted 05.25.2011

*Click here for photos of Ernest Shackleton's recovered whisky* LONDON — Some people brag about serving scotch whisky that's 15 years old. But ...

Scotch Whisky In A Can

Eater | Posted 05.25.2011

Scottish Spirits suggests splitting it between three people, because it's the size of a regular beer can. Seriously: it's twelve ounces, or eight shot...

Holiday Gift Guide: Scotch

Liquor.com | Posted 05.25.2011

Liquor.com

Forget the tinsel, mistletoe and dreidels; it wouldn't be the holidays without a glass of Scotch. The delicious whisky is, of course, Scotland's thoug...

PHOTOS: Century-Old Crate Of Scotch Whisky Pulled From Antarctic Ice Finally Opened

Posted 05.25.2011

The Associated Press: WELLINGTON, New Zealand — A crate of Scotch whisky that was trapped in Antarctic ice for a century was finally opened Frid...

Shackleton's Whisky: Headed To A Glass Near You?

Globalpost | Emily Stone | Posted 05.25.2011

It may not seem like the most dynamic of museum exhibits: visitors stare through a glass pane at an inert, soggy wooden crate with a bit of straw poki...

Jack Daniels Selling Well Amid Massive Economic Crisis

Silicon Alley Insider | Joe Weisenthal | Posted 05.25.2011

It's not just a joke: People are really turning to drink in this economy. Brown Forman (BF) the maker of Jack Daniels and Finlandia Vodka reported an ...

Taverngate: Hillary's Foreign "Whisky"

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Down here in Lynchburg, we've been following the Whiskeygate story with interest, and we're just puzzled as to why Sen. Clinton is drinking a Canadian brand instead of a good American whiskey.

Clinton Downs A Beer And A Bump To Impress The Cool Kids, And This Dad's Not OK With That

M.S. Bellows, Jr. | Posted 05.25.2011

M.S. Bellows, Jr.

Clinton is not a bump-and-a-brew kind of gal. She's just not. But she is a political animal, so she downed a boilermaker at a place called Bronko's in IN to gain popularity with people with whom she has nothing in common.

1926 Scotch Sells For $54K At Auction

AP | Posted 05.25.2011

A bottle of 81-year-old Scotch sold for $54,000 at this New York's first liquor auction since Prohibition. An anonymous collector bought the pricey p...