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The Only Constant in Whisky is Change

Dear Whisky Advocate…

Distillations • LEAD A MORE SPIRITED LIFE

Deep in the Heart of Austin

Barrel Strength

Vermouth Conjures Mixed Emotions

Prime Picks from a Vermouth Sleuth

Top Picks

A Sure Cure

The Joy of Bourbon, Cigars, and Killing Zombies

Wine Country Whisky

Where Wine Meets Whisky

Blend Your Own House Whisky

YOU’LL NEED • Aside from a decent and varying selection of whiskies, few tools are needed to blend at home.

Kentucky Derby Insider

PACK IT IN

Combing for Honey Flavors • Tasting Lesson is a drink hack to help you better identify common whisky flavors and their origins.

How Scotch Laws Limit Creativity

A Guy and a Dog Walk Into a Bar…

Rethinking Whisky’s Raw Ingredients • Cutting-edge developments in raw materials may reimagine whisky from the ground up.

Herb Appeal • These fresh picks aren’t your garden-variety whisky cocktails

In Praise of Haze • Cloudy whisky has a silver lining

Hazing Rituals

Swiller Apps • These apps make ordering, tracking, and drinking your whisky easier than ever.

Crowning Glory Reigns Supreme

Change is in the Air

A Lost Distillery Flies Under the Radar

A Split Personality Drinker

A Mark of Age Eludes Whisky

AROUND THE WORLD IN   WHISKIES 80

15 WHISKIES A WORLD APART

Cracking the Aging Code • HAS THE ERA OF INSTANT WHISKY ARRIVED?

Lost Spirits

TerrePURE

Cleveland Whiskey

Alt Aged Whiskies

Relativity and Noble Oak

10 GREATEST WHISKY INNOVATIONS OF ALL TIME

Craft Whiskey Visionaries • 6 DARING DEVELOPMENTS SHAPING THE FUTURE

MARITIME   MALTS • Scotland’s Coastal Whiskies are Suited for All Seasons

SPRING

SUMMER

TOAST OF THE COAST • Highly-rated Coastal Whiskies Feature Flavors of the Sea.

FALL

WINTER

GOING COASTAL • Mainland Scotland’s craggy coast wanders for over 6,000 miles. Add in the islands, and you have around 10,000 miles to explore. These are some of our favorite ways to experience the sea, outside of a briny dram, of course.

Buying Guide

Scotland

FOCUS ON Balvenie DCS Compendium Chapter 3

FOCUS ON Dewar’s

United States

Canada

FOCUS ON Empire Rye

Ireland

Japan

World Whiskies

FOCUS ON Sierra Norte

International Market Highlights

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