Unlike some wines, distilled spirits don't age or mature in the bottle. Your unopened bottle of scotch that's been on the shelf for 20 years will taste the same as it would have the day it was bottled. However, once you open a bottle, some liquors will go bad, and others will lose their character ov

As more spirits options enter the market and more people choose to enjoy distilled beverages, there is a growing need for education to help improve consumer and employee understanding of the beverages they drink.As a first step, here we decipher some common spirits labelling terms to help decipher t

Distillation has existed for centuries, with ties to alchemy. The first stills—the alembic, the precursor to today’s pot still—were likely invented circa 200–300 AD.Today’s distilleries range from craft producers with a single pot-bellied still cobbled together from spare parts, to sprawling, gleami