Alameda: A Cradle of the American Malt Whiskey Revolution

Just as the famous "Judgment of Paris" in 1976 marked Napa Valley's debut as a winemaking capital, a Texas distillery's victory in a whiskey competition last year signals that Scotland is no longer the sole producer of the world's best malt whiskeys.

An article in the New York Times Tuesday about the American whiskey revolution mentioned Alameda's own St. George Spirits as an example of an upstart single malt challenging the best that Scotland has to offer. 

To be sure, this is hardly the first time St. George's single malt has been praised by the connoisseurs in the media. 

Have you tasted St. George's single malt? What's your favorite whiskey cocktail, or do you prefer to sip it neat? 

Whiskey trivia question: From what language does English get the word whiskey, and what was its original meaning?