The Tools and Ingredients You Need to Make Great-Tasting Whisky Cocktails

If you’re interested in making whisky cocktails at home, you’ll need these bar tools and a few choice mixers.

Follow the Journey That Scotch Whisky Takes From Barrel to Shelf

A bottle of scotch takes a long voyage before you open and pour it. Follow along as we retrace the steps.

Distilleries schedule a certain amount of time each year to clean and upgrade their equipment, using this period to improve operations.

The Kiwis have joined the likes of Scotland, the U.S., and other nations in creating guidelines for their native whisky styles.

Whisky isn’t whisky without the barrel it’s aged in, and most of those barrels come from one tree species.

The type of still used to make a bourbon, rye, or other whiskey has a big impact on its final flavor.

Grains like corn and rye have to be converted into mash and beer before they’re ready for the still.

Whether it’s aged in a rackhouse, dunnage, or palletized warehouse has a big impact on a whisky’s flavor.

Testing three popular cooling techniques, we measured temperature and dilution over time to determine what’s best for the whisky.

Here’s how the chill-filtration process works, and what effects it can have on flavor and mouthfeel.

Whether you’re making an Old Fashioned, Manhattan, or another cocktail, which whiskey you choose will have a major impact on the outcome.

You can learn a lot about a whisky before ever tasting it just by examining its label. Here’s what to look for.