Tag "whiskey"

Pernod Ricard forms US whiskey subsidiary

North American Distillers will oversee the company’s American whiskey portfolio. Pernod Ricard has set up a whiskey subsidiary in the US, North American Distillers, to “reinforce its commitment and ambition...

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A new whiskey superpower is being built in Europe

The number of distilleries producing whiskey in Germany has increased in the recent period. Today there are many more distilleries making spirits than in Scotland. After the Second World War,...

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Scotch, bourbon and Japanese

According to IWSR, Hungarian whisky sales grew by 20% in 2021. Dávid Gábor Kovács, marketing director of Zwack Unicum Nyrt. can’t feel the effects of the war on the whisky...

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California Distiller Makes Sustainable Whiskey In Lab

In a small lab in California’s Silicon Valley, Martin Janousek and Stu Aaron are making whiskey. There are no oak barrels stacked floor to ceiling. In fact, there’s hardly any wood...

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Diageo invests in Japanese whiskey

Through Distill Ventures, Diageo has made a minority investment in Japan’s Komasa Kanosuke Distillery, a Kagoshima-based ultra-premium single-malt whiskey maker. The investment will back the next stage of the company’s...

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Better days are round the corner

Data from Euromonitor says the world’s population drank 3,285,000,000 litres of whiskey/whisky (from now on this article uses whiskey as the general term) in 2020, which was 10 percent less...

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Magazine: An eternal favourite

Whisky and whiskey are always the shining stars of the distillate world – states Sára Palcsó, marketing director of Zwack. In the last five years some kind of innovation fever...

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First Light Coffee Whiskey

First Light Coffee Whiskey launched First Light Original Coffee Whiskey and First Light Dark Roast Coffee Whiskey. At 33 percent alcohol by volume, the Original blends 99 percent corn with...

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Jim Beam and the Tankcsapda joined forces

The Tankcsapda band and 225-year-old Jim Beam teamed up to help those in a difficult situation due to the coronavirus epidemic. The Tankcsapda band and Jim Beam bourbon whiskey, which...

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American women like Glenlivet whiskey

Pernod Ricard, producer of Chivas and Glenlivet announced that half of the new Scottish malt whiskey sales came from American women’s purchases after the company reduced the price and simplified...

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Jack Daniel’s Pop Up Bar has received a professional award

2016 was a special year in Jack Daniel’s life as the company celebrated the 150th anniversary of the famous Tenneessee distillery in Lynchburg. Of course, this did not only affect...

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A chemist may be Jack Daniel’s eighth distillery master

Chris Fletcher has been fond of his chemistry since his childhood, but even in his boldest dreams he would not have thought that this could make him one of the...

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Chicken from the back yard and a few drops of whiskey

Lynchburg, Tennessee has become world-famous for two things: Jack Daniel’s whiskey and Mary Bobo’s guesthouse. The former does not have to be presented, and the latter is still a popular...

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Whiskey on top

They allow us to honor the important events in our lives and to ensure the lessons of the past are not forgotten. At the Jack Daniel Distillery, this anniversary means...

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Magazine: Hungarian whisky and whiskey sales

In Hungary 58.3 million litres of spirit was sold in 2014, and 6.3 percent of this (3.65 million litres) were whisky and whiskey. Without including pálinka, this ratio was 10...

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Jack Daniel's is celebrating its 150th anniversary with a sensational barrel hunting

The oldest registered distillery in the United States, the Jack Daniel's distillery in Lynchburg is celebrating its 150th anniversary. For this illustrious occasion Uncle Jack invites his friends for barrel...

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140 million dollar investment by Jack Daniel’s

Tennessee whiskey giant Jack Daniel's is set to make a $140 million expansion to its distillery in Lynchburg, according to Gov. Bill Haslam and state economic officials. Increased demand is...

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Magazine: Chips in your whiskey

It was a revolution when winemakers started using wood chips to add that extra flavour to wine. An recently an Oregon company put Time and Oak on the market: small...

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Jack Daniel's marketed limited edition bottles

The Jack Daniel's Master Distiller Series No. 2 has arrived to Hungary. The Masters’ Collection is celebrating famous distillery masters for seven years with special bottles. The opening piece of...

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Jack Daniel's great-grandniece has showed her favourites

Jack Daniel's great-grandniece visited Budapest. Lynne Tolley has the best job in the world; in addition to being the brand’s traveling ambassador, she is working as a master taster as...

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The predecessors of Jack Daniels

Lynne Tolley, the great-grandniece of the legendary Jack Daniel, stepped down from her day-to-day responsibilities as the Proprietress of Miss Mary Bobo’s Boarding House Restaurant in Lynchburg. Although she is...

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