Whiskey

With loosened laws and a lot of experimentation, the industry has stepped up to fill a critical need.

'Tis the season to toast a year of hard work.

"Something about simply endorsing an Irish whiskey didn't feel right to me -- I wanted to create my own."

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Is starting your own whiskey brand as intoxicating as it sounds?

Patrick Saul's business card is just one small way you know that Old Town Distilling Co. isn't a typical whiskey company.

How lawyer David DeFazio added "bourbon maker" to his resume.

Stranahan's co-founder Jess Graber's passion for whiskey was born in a barnyard fire fight.

Littlemill released only 250 bottles of this uber-exclusive whisky and Entrepreneur was lucky enough to crack open one.

Andy and Charlie Nelson were just out of college, with no experience or money, when they discovered the ruins of their great-great-great grandfather's whiskey distillery, Nelson's Green Brier.

WhistlePig founder Raj Peter Bhakta may lose his whiskey farm to the very investors that helped it grow.

Relaying real-time data is getting real results.

Japan's Suntory Holdings is taking one small, historic step for cocktail connoisseurs everywhere.

There's a noticeable resurgence of bourbon and Tennessee whiskey in the alcoholic beverage market, as mass-market beers and vodkas decline in sales.

The Nelson brothers were staggered to discover on a country drive one day that their great-great-great grandfather owned and operated one of the largest whiskey distilleries in pre-Prohibition America.

In fact, not a single Scotch whiskey even managed to crack the top five on a much-revered annual compilation.

Cleveland Whiskey built its credibility before approaching angel investors for money and mentorship.

A six-liter bottle of rare Macallan 'M' whisky became the most expensive bottle ever sold at an auction.

In a unanimous decision by its board of directors, the maker of Maker's Mark, Laphroaig Scotch whisky and Courvoisier is selling to Japanese beverage company Suntory.