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The Curious Bartender’s Whiskey Road Trip

Travel Distilled reviews The Curious Bartender’s Whiskey Road Trip by Tristan Rutherford, his account of visiting fifty of the best whiskey distilleries in the USA.

Ready for a Whisky Tasting in the Visitor Centre at the Glen Garioch Whisky Distillery in Aberdeenshire Scotland 2

How Do You Pronounce Glen Garioch?

Travel Distilled tours the Glen Garioch whisky distillery in Aberdeenshire, one of the oldest whisky distilleries in Scotland.

French Brandy and Cognac 101

French Brandy and Cognac 101: Travel Distilled’s primer on what are brandy, cognac, and armagnac.

Welcome sign at the Espolon tequila distillery in Jalisco, Mexico

Mexican Spirits 101

Mexican Spirits 101: Travel Distilled gives a primer in the differences between the Mexican spirits of tequila, mezcal, and sotol.

Tequila blanco bottles at the Cazadores tequila distillery in Jalisco, Mexico.

Types of Tequila

Mike Gerrard of Travel Distilled explains the different types of tequila: blanco, reposado, anejo, extra anejo mixto, and joven or blended tequilas.

A bottle of Bushmills Irish Whiskey for St Patrick's Day.

What is Whiskey?

Travel Distilled looks at What is Whiskey, talking about the difference between whiskey or whisky from Scotland, Ireland, the USA and elsewhere in the world.

Lugger Spiced Rum Review

Travel Distilled reviews Lugger Spiced Rum from Devon’s Lyme Bay Winery and made with rums from Guyana, Trinidad and Tobago.

A Highclere Castle Downton Abbey Gin bottle with a gin and tonic cocktail

Highclere Castle Gin Review

Travel Distilled reviews Highclere Castle Gin, the castle made world famous as the location for the filming of the Downton Abbey movie and TV series… and the gin is seriously good.