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Bowmore, Scotland

MacTaggart Leisure Centre

If you can’t dive into a whisky cask, this swimming pool might be the next best thing. 
Clayton, Alabama

Whiskey Bottle Tombstone

In 1863, a woman buried her hard-drinking husband beneath his beloved booze.
whiskey

This Irish Academic Is Getting His PhD in Ghost Whiskey

And partnering with a distillery to resurrect one.
Ronan O'Connell April 14, 2021
shipwrecks

For Sale: Shipwrecked Whisky That Spent Decades Underwater

Winning bidder take note: It is not safe to drink.
Matthew Taub August 5, 2020
collections

The Teetotaling Couple Who Filled Their Home With Novelty Whiskey Containers

For decades, Jim Beam made decanters shaped like Elvis, the Mount St. Helens eruption, and more.
Bailey Berg May 5, 2020
whiskey

Why the World Overlooked Canadian Whisky

A preference for blending put the Great White North on the wrong side of industry standards.
Dan Nosowitz March 23, 2020
whiskey

The Dark Side of the 'Angel’s Share'

Kentucky's bourbon industry is covering its neighbors in black fungus.
Anne Marshall October 30, 2019
Alexandria, Virginia

George Washington’s Whiskey

Taste the white whiskey that the United States' first president once distilled and enjoyed.
literature

Sold: Charles Dickens’s Liquor Log

Dickens spent the days before his death counting casks of whiskey.
Reina Gattuso September 26, 2019
whiskey

Sold: A Set of 54 Whisky Bottles, One for Every Playing Card

Only four such sets are known to exist.
Matthew Taub August 22, 2019
Corgarff, Scotland

Corgarff Castle

This Scottish castle has witnessed clan rivalries, Jacobite uprisings, whisky smuggling, and more.
Midleton, Ireland

Punishment Book at Jameson Distillery

The whiskey producer's archives includes a historical list of infractions committed by and associated penalties exacted upon employees.
whiskey

Someone Donated His Frostbitten Toe to a Canadian Bar

The legend of the Sourtoe Cocktail continues.
Evan Nicole Brown June 13, 2019
Alexandria, Virginia

George Washington's Distillery

The only place for a truly presidential dram.
Gastro Obscura

Cranachan

A now-archaic Scottish breakfast paved the way for this popular dessert.
Gastro Obscura

Burying Bourbon

In the American South, some believe it deters rain on one's wedding day.
food

How Sherry Became the Secret to Great Scotch

Scottish and Spanish spirits have a symbiotic relationship.
Benjamin Kemper July 17, 2018
Gastro Obscura

Mellow Corn Whiskey

Long relegated to moonshine jars, aged corn whiskey is finally getting respect outside Kentucky.