These are very interesting times in the whisky business. Not only is whisky high-profile, it’s also high-profit. It’s very difficult to predict what any company’s sales volumes will be in 3-6 months – let alone 12-18 years from now, which is exactly what we ask whisky makers to do. Not to mention having to guess what particular style or flavor of whisky will be in demand. Continue reading
Year: 2010
Whisky – in any form – makes a great gift. Birthday, holidays, just because – there is no bad reason to give the gift of whisky, but the holiday season is an especially good time. Here are some reasons why…
I met up with a good friend tonight to catch up on old times. We hadn’t seen each other in a while – he brought the cigars and, of course, The Whisky Guy brought the whiskey. I went with the Woodford Reserve. Continue reading
If I asked you to think of a dog, what comes to mind? What color is it? What breed? Does it bark a lot?
That’s the question when someone asks about whisky. Saying ‘whisky’ is like saying ‘dog.’ At the top level, whisky is a brown spirit distilled from grain. Any cereal grain can be used, and it can be produced anywhere in the world. And just as there are many different breeds of dogs, there are many different types of whisky. Bulldogs, terriers, hounds… If ‘whisky’ is ‘dog’, ‘Scotch’ is ‘poodle’ – and just as different poodles have different personalities, different Scottish whiskies have different personalities. Continue reading