What happens when whisky breaks free from Scotland's traditions? Discover how India, Australia, America, and China are ...

The Scottish may not have invented whisky — the distillation process was likely introduced to Scotland by spirit-making monks who migrated from mainland Europe in the 1200s — but you could argue they ...

Cocktail Queries is a Paste series that examines and answers basic, common questions that drinkers may have about mixed drinks, cocktails and spirits. Check out every entry in the series to date.

Malt vinegar is a type of vinegar predominantly made from malted barley. Other grains, such as rye or wheat, can also be used to make malt vinegar. It's produced by first fermenting the grains to ...

To bourbon and scotch drinkers, malt is everything. In the beer world, it takes a kindly backseat to hops in San Diego IPAs, but shines front and center in brown ales, stouts and porters. So what is ...

Japanese whiskey can be a difficult segment of the liquor market for an American consumer to survey and approach for the first time. The brands and their reputations are unfamiliar. The styles (and ...

Here’s a tasty tale of what happens when brewers partner up with a genius baker and a forward-thinking grain farmer. The Grain Shed in Spokane, Wash., has created a vertically integrated system that ...

That pint of beer poured at a local brewery like Heist, Triple C or Legion in Charlotte likely was made with barley grown in fields less than an hour away. Since 2018, Carolina Malt House in Cleveland ...

Without malt, there wouldn’t be any beer. It’s as simple as that. Since malt provides beer with its color and provides a sweetness that is balanced by the bitterness of hops, it is an ingredient that ...