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2025 Liquor Handbook Discounted for DISCUS Craft Members

August 6, 2025

The Beverage Information Group, publishers of the annual Beverage Handbook series, and the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States...

Bourbon

Parker Beam Passed Away

January 9, 2017

Whiskey lost its bravest soul. After a six year ALS battle, Parker Beam passed away last night. He was 75. The...

Fred's Friends

November 4, 2016

This year, you may think your vote doesn’t matter, that your single ballot can’t change the outcome. Well, you’re wrong....

Fred's Friends

July 29, 2013

Making a living as a writer is extremely hard. From robot writers to “exposure” no pay websites, you can understand...

Bourbon

February 22, 2013

Kara Newman, Wine Enthusiast spirits editor, writes about food, wine and spirits. She writes for many of the same people...

Canadian Whisky

February 15, 2013

In what may go down as one of the better press trips of my career, I met Davin de Kergommeaux...

Cocktails

January 16, 2013

Once upon a time, the Indian spice trade helped establish world empires and opened the seas for commerce. These days,...