Getting up close and personal with iron smoke whisky


How different types of cask wood affects your whisky?
Wood has a discernible effect on the taste of your whisky. As discussed in our earlier article, oakwood is the preferred material for making liquor casks, but it too has different variants. Today, we take a look at various types of oakwood and their effect on the whisky maturation process.
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Whisky and Women - International Women’s Day
The love for whisky is an indescribable feeling that possesses billions of people all over the world, but for some, this love borders on the extraordinary, often equated with obsession. Some of these whisky savants take their love a step further to become involved with the production of this magnificent drink itself.
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Iron Smoke Whiskey: The Joy of Less being More
Upstate New York is known for its breath-taking sceneries and a laidback, leisurely pace of life. How, then, can some delightful whiskey be left out of the picture? The region has also been put on the map by one Iron Smoke Distillery, the breeding ground of some fine, smoked bourbon whiskies. Maverick rock star, Tommy Brunnet and mates toyed with the idea of marrying whiskey and the rock culture on a larger scale. What started out as backyard experiments of blending corn whiskey and charred apple chunks soon became a serious business idea.
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