Rowley's Whiskey Forge

All but the most degenerate boozers reach for some drinks before others. Nothing wrong with having our favorites, although the punctilious z...

Whether you agree with the estimate of over 600 new distilleries either up and running or in the works from the American Distilling Institut...

We cocktail types like the barrel aged gins that have been showing up over the last few years on the American market. Their oakiness with ...

The American Distilling Institute announced medal winners in Denver this evening for its 7th annual judging of artisan American spirits. As ...

Genever is  — or  used to be — a hard sell at the Whiskey Forge where the usual hangers-on prefer American whiskeys and rum. Nothing wrong ...

Among the papers of John Ewing held by the Historical Society of Pennsylvania lies an undated manuscript from about 1810. It describes a pro...

I detest poetry. Shameful for an Irishman to admit, but there it is. From Virgil's soporific arma virumque cano to the contemptible J. ...

Sam Bompas and Harry Parr form the firm of, well, Bompas & Parr. Over in the UK, the two are a bit of media darlings. Even if you’ve nev...

Gather 'round, ye distillers of brandy and gin, ye wranglers of whiskey. This April, the American Distilling Institute holds its 8th ann...

Whether christened Tom or John, the Collins family of drinks dates back to the early 19th Century. They are essentially individual servings ...

Under the spreading chestnut tree When I held you on my knee, we were happy as can be Under the spreading chestnut tree. Under the spreadin...

Over the past two months, I've consumed a hefty dose of green Chartreuse, a half-ounce at a time, making Bijoux. That I am in thrall of ...

Fruit experts disagree about the origins of grapefruit, how it was named, and even what species it is, but there is little debate about how ...

In 1809 Pennsylvania distiller Samuel M’Harry published his Practical Distiller , a small tome intended to set forth, as plainly as the lang...

Earl (c.1994-2008), a grey domestic shorthair cat, was found dead Saturday, November 8th after a brief and wasting illness in San Diego, Cal...

Pluots , those succulent little plum/apricot hybrids, are still in season, so I snagged a half dozen or so of the mottled ones that show up ...

…If there should happen to be an earthquake on when you are drinking it, it won't matter. This is a cocktail whose potency is not to be ...

I've an educated taste in whisky and women, waistcoats, and bills of fare. Though I've had few chances to exercise it lately. 'C...