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FROM THE BARLIST JOURNAL
From beginner guides to bar selections and distillery stories, our editorial content helps you discover the world behind the bottle.
Discovery and Education
Steam rises inside a kura before dawn, long before fermentation begins. Rice is washed, soaked, and steamed with precision that leaves little margin for error. At this stage, nothing resembles alcohol. Yet every decision made here determines how that alcohol will form. Sake (not the Japanese Sake) does not begin with fermentation alone. It begins […]
April 20, 2026
Distilleries
The vineyards of Tarija do not resemble traditional brandy landscapes. They rise sharply into the Andes, where sunlight is direct, air pressure is reduced, and diurnal temperature shifts slow the ripening cycle. At elevations between 1,600 and 2,200 meters, grapes develop differently. Sugar accumulates without losing acidity, and aromatics intensify rather than flatten. From this […]
April 19, 2026
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Along the River Brosna in County Westmeath, the buildings of Kilbeggan Distillery remained intact long after distillation had ceased. Water continued to move through the wheel, timber structures held their form, and the layout of what had once been known as Locke’s Distillery did not disappear with production. Founded in 1757, the site operated through […]
April 18, 2026
Trends and Innovations
The first months of 2026 did not arrive with a single defining bottle or a headline-grabbing category disruption. Instead, they unfolded through a series of measured decisions across distilleries, brands, and markets. New spirit releases appeared steadily, but what connected them was not novelty. It was intent. Across whisky, agave spirits, and emerging categories, producers […]
April 17, 2026
Distilleries
Heat settles early in Yilan. By mid-morning, the warehouses at Kavalan Distillery have already begun their daily cycle, expanding casks, pushing spirit into oak, and accelerating reactions that, in Scotland, would unfold over years. Here, maturation is not a slow negotiation. It is constant pressure. When the distillery was established in 2005 by the King […]
April 16, 2026
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Every gin carries a geography within it. To understand the journey of Gin as a Global Spirit is to understand movement, trade, and the quiet exchange of ingredients across continents. What begins as juniper distillation in the Netherlands evolves into a global spirit shaped by empire, medicine, and adaptation. The earliest foundation of gin is […]
April 15, 2026
Distilleries & Producers
Whisky has long evolved gradually, shaped by production methods, ownership, and long-term decision-making. Over the past decade, a quieter structural shift has emerged as female founders in the whisky distillation and modern distillery model. Women now hold leadership roles in roughly 20 to 30 per cent of US craft distilleries, with growing influence in new […]
April 14, 2026
History
Across continents, distillation emerged from the same chemistry but evolved into two distinct philosophies. Among the Two Worlds of Spirits, in Europe and the Atlantic world, spirits became an expression of time. Whiskey matured for decades in oak. Cognac developed slowly in cellar conditions governed by the Bureau National Interprofessionnel du Cognac. Rum crossed oceans, […]
April 14, 2026
Distilleries & Producers
Long before a spirit carries a name, an age statement, or a cask history, it exists as water moving through rock. In the Livet Valley in Speyside, that movement defines the beginning of one of Scotch whisky’s most consistent production systems. The Glenlivet distillery primarily uses water from Josie’s Well for its whisky production. While Speyside Glenlivet was […]
April 13, 2026
Distilleries & Producers
Ron Zacapa is not simply a rum produced by a distillery. It is the outcome of a carefully engineered system built across decades, shaped by industrial consolidation, agricultural design, and a deliberate approach to blending that redefined how premium rum could be understood. At the center of this system stands Industrias Licoreras de Guatemala, a […]
April 12, 2026
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