Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Tony Sachs is an NY-based writer covering spirits, cocktails and bars. This year’s Master Blender’s Collection rum, Coffey Still, ...

First, the term “craft” came for whiskey. And we bought so much that shortages hit and prices skyrocketed. So, on to mezcal. To the Italian bitters called amaro. To gin, which distillers can produce ...

Pot still rum is often treated as a novelty or a flavoring agent in the modern rum market, doled out in small quantities into various blends in order to act as “the spice” or “the flourish” on top of ...

Barbados is home to some of the best rum in the world, and the distillery that has been making it for the longest there is Mount Gay (it’s also considered to be the oldest active rum distillery). The ...

It has been one of the worst-performing spirit categories in the U.S. The IWSR, the global leader for beverage alcohol data ...

It’s hard not to admire an artist who is willing to occasionally abandon the very tools that have won them critical acclaim. For a musician or filmmaker, that might be a purposeful move away from a ...

The key differences between rum and whisky centre around its fermentation and distillation process, which also lends each spirit its trademark taste. Here’s breaking it down in detail. How is rum made ...

Each spring the American Distilling Institute’s (ADI) conducts a Judging of Craft Spirits. The competition recognizes the top craft spirits in the US and around the world. Since 2007, the competition ...

Rum distiller Mark Watkins is reflecting on his disastrous first attempt at making his own spirits when he was a teenager. The then 16-year-old had set up a rudimentary distillery at the back of his ...