In a spirits landscape where American bourbon has hit production surpluses, Scotch is facing rising prices, and trade wars ...

These days, there are hundreds of carefully crafted labels out there, both small and large, and most of the bourbon, rye, and other whiskey styles ... bond classification still reigns supreme ...

That category is distinctly Irish, and follows a few rules: The whiskey must be made at one distillery in pot stills from a mashbill of malted and unmalted barley (a small amount of other cereal ...