Education, discoveries, people, producers, history, and the endlessly fascinating world inside the bottle. Read deeper. Taste smarter. Follow your curiosity.
Great spirits invite questions. These are the newest places to begin—then keep going wherever the next bottle, place, or idea takes you.
Four Bourbons. Four Starting Points. One Decision Before the Barrel Starts Working.
Same Agave. Different Landscapes. How Much Can Place Really Change the Glass?
Peat Creates the Potential. Distillation Turns It Into Something You Can Taste.
What's in Jay Erisman's glass? New arrivals, old friends, bottles worth knowing, and the spirits that have our Fine Spirits Buyer excited enough to tell you why.
From rot-gut blend to Bourbon powerhouse—and the private barrel program TPS helped put into motion.
Gordon & MacPhail. Cadenhead. Two giants of independent Scotch—and both have landed at TPS.
Why one small phrase has become one of tequila's biggest conversations.
Two styles, one tradition—and a reason American whiskey drinkers should pay attention.
Old friendships, independent bottlings, and new Scotch worth getting excited about.
From rot-gut blend to Bourbon powerhouse—and the private barrel story that helped change everything.
Gordon & MacPhail. Cadenhead. Two giants of independent Scotch.
What's behind the label—and why the conversation matters.
Juniper Starts the Conversation. Everything Else Changes the Accent.
Rustic, Complex and Built for Drinkers Who Love Character.
Two Ways to Distill. Two Very Different Roads to Rum.
One Familiar Phrase. Several Legal Promises Hiding Behind It.
Four Little Digits. One Very Useful Clue.
A Useful Clue. Not a Flavor Guarantee.
Juniper Gives Gin Its Language. Place Gives It an Accent.
Three Letters. One Important Clue.
Rum's Most Important Starting Point
How Oak Builds Bourbon
There's No Sugar in It
What Aging Really Changes
Three Expressions of Agave
Two Styles, One Tradition
Old Scotch & Old Friends
How to Read a Gin Label
Why No Two Gins Have to Taste Alike
Place, Process & the Flavor of the Island
And That's the Point
Two French Brandy Traditions
The Spirit That Starts in the Orchard
The Spirits Journal is where we go beyond the shelf. We follow ingredients, places, traditions, production methods, people, and the choices that turn raw materials into something worth talking about.
Some stories answer a question. Some introduce a producer. Others simply give you a better reason to pick up a bottle you've never noticed before.
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