The Blinker is, ironically, one of those cocktails that everyone makes differently, in every corner of this bright and beautiful land you happen to be inhabiting at the moment. The one thing it always ...

Absinthe, to give a radically condensed history, was hugely popular, then reviled and feared for about 100 years, and has only recently come back. That dark middle period begins in the late 1800s, ...

When it comes to a storied American whiskey maker like Jim Beam, the place of origin–Kentucky, obviously–influences products in a wider, more pervasive way than one might initially consider. It is no ...

Jack Daniel’s didn’t even make rye whiskey until 2011, the year it introduced its first new mashbill since 1866: 70 percent rye, 18 percent corn, and 12 percent malted barley. That is similar to the ...

Leopold Bros. distillery in Denver is the only distillery making rye whiskey using a method popular before Prohibition: the three-chamber still. “The Three Chamber Rye whiskey is a true unicorn,” says ...

Redemption Whiskey was founded in 2010. It focuses on reviving the classic American rye whiskey style that was predominant before Prohibition. The brand seeks to celebrate America’s original spirit by ...