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The Matt Brewing Company of Utica has introduced Saranac Imperial IPA, an 8.5% ABV brew that’s their first in a planned line of “big beers” designated as the “High Peaks” series. I’ve got a bottle and I’m looking forward to… More: continued here

Empire Brewing Company, once a mainstay of the Syracuse nightlife and brewing scene, abruptly closed in 2003 thanks to financial trouble at its non-Syracuse locations. As renovation on the building that once housed the brewery continue, rumors abound that it… More: continued here

PayPal sucks. It’s incredibly unreliable and the Customer Service is HORRIBLE. As a result of that suckiness, DoceonPress has had to find a new payment transaction partner – and they’ve decided to give GoogleCheckout a trial. They also took this opportunity to design a new (hopefully) more user friendly format. To celebrate PayPal Freedom Day, [...]

The world has been waiting – the nominations have closed – and it is time to announce the nominees for the 2006 Drammies. We had a fantastic response to the request for nominees. We tried to be a little bit different with our categories, and frankly we were surprised by some of the nominees. Other [...]

I love the Christmas season. Not for the reasons you are thinking (8 years in catholic school squeezed any faith out of me). No, I love going to the liquor store and seeing what gift packs have been cooked up by the liquor companies. On a recent trip to my local VA-ABC (that’s the horribly [...]

Happy St. Andrew’s Day! Laphroaig is recycling their St.Andrew’s site again, so I thought I’d recycle last year’s story. Laphroaig seems to be developing quite a sense of humor. Is it new owner Fortune/Jim Beam, or was it always there bubbling just below the surface? Maybe Bruichladdich’s quirky sense of humor is coming cross island. [...]

The Famous Grouse and I have teamed up to offer you this season’s must wear item. This great shirt features The Famous Grouse logo on the front, along with one of the current ads – On Ice – on the back. But what makes this shirt really snazzy is the new The Scotch Blog logo [...]

In the U.S. there is much confusion over what Scotch is, how it differs from Bourbon, and what makes it “Scotch” – and the industry working as a whole has done little to clarify the confusion. As a result, the average American is averse to most whisk(e)y beverages. Word Association I am told, with absolute [...]

This is from my friends at Whisky School: Gordon, The Alchemist, thought it was time for some spring cruises around the whisky isles so we located a newly refurbished 6 cabin boat that would fit the bill. Gordon is a co-founder of the Islay distillery Bruichladdich (re-opened in 2000) and his family distillery is Springbank. [...]