Whiskey lost its bravest soul. After a six year ALS battle, Parker Beam passed away last night. He was 75. The longtime Heaven Hill master distiller was the golden palate of the bourbon industry and beloved by all. At 2013 WhiskyFest, his competing distillers honored him … Continue readingParker Beam Passed Away
This year, you may think your vote doesn’t matter, that your single ballot can’t change the outcome. Well, you’re wrong. Goodreads.com, the popular social media forum for readers, is holding its annual “Choice Awards.” Goodreads has a spirits book as a finalist in the Food … Continue readingWhy Your Vote Matters
Making a living as a writer is extremely hard. From robot writers to “exposure” no pay websites, you can understand why so many former newspaper journalists are taking up coffee sales. Fortunately, writers are fighting back and exposing the likes of no pay Huffington Post. … Continue readingSuperwoman Writer Starts Improvise Press
Kara Newman, Wine Enthusiast spirits editor, writes about food, wine and spirits. She writes for many of the same people I do; and after I snagged a copy of her latest book, The Secret Life of Food: From Commodities Markets to Supermarkets, I knew I … Continue readingWine Enthusiast Spirits Editor: ‘My go-to is Basil Hayden bourbon’
In what may go down as one of the better press trips of my career, I met Davin de Kergommeaux on the same Canadian Mist trip I met Chuck Cowdery. Davin’s the world’s foremost authority on Canadian whisky and has written the most-comprehensive book ever … Continue readingCanadian Whisky Author Gives the World Its 1st Canadian Whisky Book
Once upon a time, the Indian spice trade helped establish world empires and opened the seas for commerce. These days, Indian spices are just friggin’ awesome and should be considered over the blander spices. Monica Bhide , The Queen of Spice, is the world’s authority on when … Continue readingQueen of Spice Warns Newbies to Not Drink Whisky Like Soda