You get what you pay for. It’s a common cliché that fits nicely into the craft beer formula. Small breweries take the extra time, employ more labor-intensive techniques, use extra ingredients (like five times the malt, for instance) and give customers a personal, localized experience that inevitably costs more per beer.
LYNCHBURG, Tenn. (WTVF) — Down at Jack Daniel’s in Lynchburg, they pride themselves on making great whiskey, but a select number of Jack Daniel’s employees also pride themselves on keeping the distillery and town safe from any potential fires.
Low and no-alcohol serves have become a major force in the drinks industry. But while beer, cider and spirits have taken off in this sector, wine is lagging behind. Edith Hancock discovers what is powering this revolution.
Much as ESPN revolutionized the TV sports-watching experience in the 1980s and Food Network turned the United States into a culinary-obsessed nation in the ‘90s, the face of a one-of-a-kind streaming entertainment network devoted to drinking spirits anticipates the new endeavor will change the way we buy and understand alcoholic beverages for generations to come.
The microbrewery market is built on innovation — innovation in flavors, business models and even beer names. Yet this modern, clever and adaptable industry is beholden to some comparatively old rules, regulations and laws.
A Lovingston distillery producing single-malt whiskey is being sued in the U.S. District Court of Delaware by a Scotland-based trade association for using on beverage labels words traditionally associated with whiskey produced in Scotland.
On July 5, 2019, the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (“TTB”) issued TTB Industry Circular 2019-2 advising that certain eligible beer, wine, and spirits wholesalers and importers shall have until December 31, 2019 to disclose previously unreported changes in control or change in proprietorship of the wholesaler’s business without civil or criminal penalties for failure to disclose such changes within thirty (30) days as required by 27 U.S.C.A. § 204.
Regional designations for American whiskey by state are slowly growing in consideration and sometimes legal stature as the industry continues to evolve. Certified Texas Whiskey and Empire Rye (New York State), for example, are two of the latest. Now joining them out of Missouri is Missouri Bourbon.
VERSAILLES, KY. -A Jim Beam bourbon warehouse in Woodford County, Ky., burns July 3, 2019, after catching fire the night before. Runoff from the blaze contaminated nearby waterways and Jim Beam will face fines, authorities said.
The William K. Busch Brewing Co., maker of Kräftig beer, is ceasing operations due to market demand, the Brentwood-based company said Wednesday.