It’s not often that you see someone order rye whiskey, straight up. And there’s a reason: Unlike its siblings, bourbon and scotch, rye is more dry, delivering a fascinating, spicy kick as it goes down ...

An increasing number of mixologists are turning to rye, a spirit with sturdier elements that show well through cocktail construction. The spirit was once popular in the U.S. after the Revolutionary ...

All good Christmas cocktails start with the story of a murder, so here we go: In Ireland, in early September of 1819, the body of 15-year-old Ellen Hanley was washed ashore on the banks of the River ...

Mash bills are one of the things that tend to define the older, historical American distilleries that are world famous for the production of bourbon. There are of course myriad factors that determine ...

As big players in the world of American whiskey fish around in search of the next hot thing, you can understand why fusions of bourbon and rye would have such appeal. “Bourye,” as it’s often referred ...

Rye whiskey is booming, much like the rest of the whisk(e)y industry around the world. But rye whiskey is no flash in the pan. The style was being made in Europe long before Dutch and German ...

Dried apricots are the secret behind this tart and fruity highball cocktail. Em Warden is the beverage director of The Houston Blacklight, an award-winning modern ...

Welcome to Taste Test , where every week our critic Jonah Flicker explores the most buzzworthy and interesting whiskeys in the world. Check back each Sunday for his latest whiskey review.

Bourbon, rye, or whiskey, that’s the question. Or wait, whiskey or whisky? That’s the subject of another debate. Anyway, we’ve got brown spirit cocktails coming down the pipeline as it’s getting cold ...