Barrels 101. Given the fact that the world is home to more than 60,000 species of tree, it is rather incredible to think that only oak wood is used in the construction of bourbon and scotch whisky ...

Jack Daniel’s has been on a roll recently, with the launch of 10-and 12-year-old expressions, a single malt whiskey, a bottled-in-bond whiskey, and a combination of three mashbills.And let’s ...

When the The Glenlivet’s 50-year-old Winchester Collection single malt scotch whisky was freshly distilled in 1964, the new spirit would have been perfectly clear in color and have tasted cereal ...

It’s giving the whiskey stored in giant oaken barrels a mystique. The alcoholic beverages market is expected to grow past $4 billion by 2029, according to one recent estimate , so the stakes are ...

But bourbon has long been the main driver of the spirits-barrel industry, for one simple reason: to be labeled “bourbon,” a whiskey is required by law to have been aged in new, charred oak ...

Irish whiskey is making a comeback, with 16 distilleries in Ireland and Northern Ireland, up from four just three years ago. The rising demand has turned Irish whiskey into the world’s fastest ...