The styles and profiles of bourbon: Mash bills matter
While bourbon must contain at least 51% corn, what distillers do with the other 49% is what separates one brand from another.
Behind the Bourbon Boom and Where It’s Headed
Experts and industry insiders agree that this so-called “Bourbon Boom” is here to stay, and whiskey lovers around the world wouldn’t have it any other way.
OakY II – Virgin Oak & It’s Connection To Bourbon
A look into the interesting cateogry of virgin oak.
Chinese Artist Wang Xiaobo Builds Whisky Cask Investment Portfolio
Most recently, CaskX created a cask portfolio for famed Chinese contemporary artist, Wang Xiaobo, who himself is a long-time whisky fan.After several discussions, WangXiaobo decided to delve into cask investment by starting a new portfolio with brands he’s always enjoyed and others he’s wanted to try. Born in 1974 in Beijing, Xiaobo showed an interest […]
Single Malt Whisky vs. Single Cask: What’s The Difference
The two categories in whisky are often discussed and enjoyed, but many do not know that the two are completely different. To confuse you, as single cask whisky is a single malt, and a single malt is made out of single casks. A single malt is “blended” together, but is not a blended whisky. As […]
OakY – Are Japan’s Mizunara Casks The World’s Rarest?
Across the whisky industry, many different types of oak casks are used. Here we explored the two major casks categories of ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks. These utilize American oak and European oak casks, but what about other types of oak? Well, our OakY Series is here to explore all things wood and delve into the […]
