Friday, January 18, 2013

American Single-Malt Whiskeys Are Being Noticed

At Balcones Distillery, Alex Thomas stirs a wash of blue corn whiskey. Allison V. Smith for The New York Times

American Single-Malt Whiskeys Serve Notice -- New York Times

THE humid streets of Waco, Tex., may not have much in common with the misty glens of Scotland, home to some of the world’s best malt whiskeys.

Not much, that is, until last month, when a single-malt whiskey from the Balcones Distillery in Waco bested nine others, including storied Scottish names like the Balvenie and the Macallan, in a blind panel of British spirits experts.

It was the first time an American whiskey won the Best in Glass, a five-year-old competition to find the best whiskey released in a given year.

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My Comment: It's about time that someone is giving some competition to Scotch whiskey.

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