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Bourbon
Idaho Bourbon Brand Day’s Defile Carving its Own Path
June 13, 2025
Idaho isn’t Kentucky – to that, Harold Joyce, co-founder of Day’s Defile bourbon readily admits. But despite the lengthy whiskey...
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Writing
Goodbye to an Old Friend; the Story of How Camera Boy became a Bestseller
May 30, 2014
My first book, Camera Boy: An Army Journalist’s War in Iraq, will be going out of print soon. (Buy a...
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Spirits
How Seeking Alcohol Sources Leads to Porn, Sex and Addiction Advice
December 28, 2013
Finding sources is not as easy as it sounds. I write for several audiences that range from stay-at-home consumers to...
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Fred's Friends
Superwoman Writer Starts Improvise Press
July 29, 2013
Making a living as a writer is extremely hard. From robot writers to “exposure” no pay websites, you can understand...
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Bourbon
Why Editors Should Fact Check Whiskey Stories
March 9, 2013
My first bourbon story appeared in Successful Meetings in 2007. My first big bourbon interview was with Ed O’Daniel, then-president of...
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Bourbon
Wine Enthusiast Spirits Editor: ‘My go-to is Basil Hayden bourbon’
February 22, 2013
Kara Newman, Wine Enthusiast spirits editor, writes about food, wine and spirits. She writes for many of the same people...
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Canadian Whisky
Canadian Whisky Author Gives the World Its 1st Canadian Whisky Book
February 15, 2013
In what may go down as one of the better press trips of my career, I met Davin de Kergommeaux...
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Featured Articles
Top 100 American Whiskeys of 2024 Ranked
December 30, 2024
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December 12, 2024
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December 21, 2022
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