Alcademics

My visit to Domaine de Pellehaut armagnac was super quick, and so also is this post. Read more →

Here are the new bottles of liquor hitting the market announced over the past few weeks. Read more →

The large wheel (tahona) at the Olmeca Altos distillery in Mexico is pulled by driver-free motor. They still need a guy to walk behind it and scrape up the crushed agave, so it's not all that high-tech. Read more here. Read more →

Maison Janneau armagnac is located near the town of Condom. It is the #1 exported brand of cognac. Read more →

A visit to the aging and blending facilities of the small armagnac brand Marquis de Montesquiou. Read more →

A look at the bars in Reykjavik, Iceland. Read more →

April 2012: Tabasco sauce ages in Louisiana for 3 years in ex-bourbon barrels: about 50,000 of them. Read more here. Read more →

Single-grain whisky is trending so hard right now, but most people have no idea what it really is because it is *not* whisky made from a single grain. The "single" refers to a single distillery, and "grain" refers to, well, a bunch of other stuff. Read more →