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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.
Cocktails
The early cocktail direction of 2026 The first months of 2026 have not produced a single defining new cocktail in the traditional sense. Instead, what is emerging is quieter but more revealing. New cocktails are appearing through repositioning rather than invention. Existing formats are placed into new settings, familiar structures are adjusted, and ingredients are […]
April 25, 2026
Distilleries
A distillery at the edge of Islay’s map On the northeastern coast of Islay, facing the Sound of Islay toward the Isle of Jura, the landscape shifts. The Atlantic influence is still present, but it arrives differently. The coastline is less exposed than the southern shore where peat smoke dominates the identity of distilleries such […]
April 24, 2026
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The Southern Japanese Alps do not suggest whisky at first glance. The air is thinner, filtered through dense forest, and the terrain isolates rather than connects. Yet in 1973, Hakushu Distillery was established here under the direction of Keizo Saji, marking a decisive departure from the logic that had shaped earlier whisky production in Japan. […]
April 23, 2026
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By the early 1950s, San Juan emerged as a premier tourist destination shaped by air travel and hotel development, serving as the backdrop for the origins of the Piña Colada. This transformative era, which redefined the local bar as a crucial point of introduction for Puerto Rico’s culture, laid the foundation for the cocktail’s history. […]
April 22, 2026
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The Long Bar at Raffles Hotel Singapore was built as much for observation as for drinking. In the early 20th century, it functioned within a colonial framework where behavior, appearance, and consumption followed unwritten codes. What a guest ordered mattered. How it looked mattered more. Around 1915, Ngiam Tong Boon is widely credited with creating […]
April 21, 2026
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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