Known As Hector MacBeth 21 yo 1997/2018 (53.6%, The First Editions, Blended Malt, refill hogshead, cask #HL15544, 342 bottles)Glenfiddich 1987 ‘125th Anniversary’ (49.3%, OB, cask #20043, 250 bottles, 2013)
By Richard Thomas Rating: C+ The backstory behind Baltimore’s Old Line Spirits is a classic of modern craft whiskey. Founders Arch Watkins and Mark McLaughlin set out in 2015 to make bourbon and rye. In the early stages of that project, they were approached by a small American malt distiller in Washington State, who offered …
By Richard Thomas
Rating: C+
Old Line Spirits Caribbean Rum Cask Finished Single Malt
(Credit: Old Line Spirits)
The backstory behind Baltimore’s Old Line Spirits is a classic of modern craft whiskey. Founders Arch Watkins and Mark McLaughlin set out in 2015 to make bourbon and rye. In the early stages of that project, they were approached by a small American malt distiller in Washington State, who offered to teach them the ropes as part of a deal to sell them his entire business. During that training, however, the pair decide they’d rather set up their distillery closer to home. In the meantime, they agreed to contract-distill their initial products at Middle West Spirits in Ohio. Since Old Line opened their Baltimore distillery in 2017, it is very likely (although not unconfirmed) that the Ohio-make whiskey is no longer part of their bottlings, and everything is now Baltimore-made.
Insofar as whiskey is concerned, Old Line is an American Single Malt distiller, but they also make rum, and in this part of their series of cask-finished whiskeys, they bring those two threads together. Their standard single malt is given a spell of secondary maturation in a cask previously used to age their own in-house rum. The result is then bottled at 100 proof. Old Line also flips that process around, and has a rum aged in their old single malt barrels.
The Whiskey
The pour has a bronzed, middle amber appearance. The nose came across to me pleasantly, as a cross between a stick of Juicy Fruit gum and a cinnamon stick. The flavor wasn’t as fruity, however, with its sweet side running more in the vein of a candy bar, with notes caramel and nougat, balanced by a current of wood spices. The latter rolls over into a tannic, spicy finish.
The Price
This bottle is listed with online retailers for approximately $50.
We recently had the pleasure of visiting the Richland Distilling Company (Richland Rum Distillery), learning about their story and process, and sampling some of their namesake Richland Rums. Learn more in our Richland Distilling Company Review!
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We recently had the pleasure of visiting the Richland Distilling Company in Brunswick, GA, learning about their story and process, and sampling some of their namesake Richland Rums.
The Richland Distilling Company was born back in 1999. This Georgia distillery grows all of the sugar cane used for their rums at their farm on Richland Estate. The sugar cane is pressed to release the juice at one of their two distilleries, and the juice is then boiled down into syrup. Next, the syrup is fermented using a proprietary yeast. Fermentation can take up to 2 weeks, depending on the ambient temperature. Once fermentation is complete, the “syrup wine wash” is distilled, “low and slow”. The process ensures that the final distillate contains only the most desirable flavors.
Richland Distilling Company has two distilleries; one in Richland, Georgia and the other in Brunswick, Georgia. We visited the Brunswick location. The distillery is located right in downtown, on Newcastle Street. The centerpiece of the Brunswick distillery is their two Hoga copper stills. These beautiful copper stills are heated using Hoga’s thermal fluid system to allow for excellent temperature control. Copper preheaters flank each still, enabling a more efficient process. In addition, there is a centrally located control panel to manage the system.
While all these things already make Richland different from other rum distillers, what makes them truly unique to me is their barrel aging. They use new toasted and charred oak barrels to age their rum, just like bourbon distilleries do. In fact, the barrels come from Kelvin Cooperage, which also supplies many bourbon distilleries. Therefore, their rums take on barrel flavors that other rums don’t, since the majority of aged rums spend their time in used barrels. Ultimately, Richland’s process results in what I would call a “bourbon drinker’s rum”, having the caramel and vanilla to which we are accustomed.
There are a variety of Richland Rum expressions. They range from their Virgin Coastal Rum, which rests in new uncharred toasted oak barrels for 60 days, to their Single Estate Old South Georgia Rum, which ages at least 4 years (most are 5-6 years) in new toasted and charred oak barrels, to their XO, a 10 year old special release. In addition there are the Port Cask Exchange and Imperial Milk Stout Cask Exchange Rums, as well as cask strength versions of each. Each bottle of Richland Rum is from a single barrel, so ages and proofs may vary.
We greatly enjoyed our visit to the Richland Distilling Company and sampling Richland Rum! My rum knowledge has greatly increased, and I have found a new spirit to enjoy. If a “bourbon drinker’s rum” is something that intrigues you, and you like visiting unique distilleries, then the Richland Distilling Company should be on your list!
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Chicago’s Chapin & Gore in its heyday.When beverage alcohol was outlawed in 1920, people lost jobs and businesses closed. Economic disruption was widespread, affecting not just distillers, brewers, and vintners, and their associated distributors an…
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All that has been documented, but little has been written about the loss of alcohol businesses as engines of economic development, a role they played in many American communities from the colonial period into the 20th century, and may have continued to play but for Prohibition's heavy hand.
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| The Chapin & Gore Building Today |
In the new issue of The Bourbon Country Reader, we examine this phenomenon through two case studies, one from 19th-century Kentucky, the other from Chicago in the late 19th, early 20th century.
Chapin & Gore, the second example, is remembered today as a whiskey brand, no longer produced, that shows up in auctions, collections, and vintage bottle shops.
In pre-Prohibition Chicago, Chapin & Gore was the midwestern boomtown's greatest emporium of beverage alcohol and also an important civic leader, functioning as a bank and even building Chicago's first electric plant, providing power to its own building and those around it. In those days before the 3-tier system, it was a producer, distributor and retailer, with six downtown retail stores as well as a saloon and restaurant popular with politicians and business people.
In this issue, we also take a deeper look at a matter broached here last fall, when Maker's Mark debuted its two latest Wood Finishing Series releases. Are Maker's Mark's managers endangering what has made the brand so successful? Read all about it in the new Reader.
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I’d like to thank Heaven Hill for providing this review sample with no strings attached.
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I’d like to thank Heaven Hill for providing this review sample with no strings attached.
Welcome to January folks. Sure, I know that it’s almost half over, but as far as I’m concerned January starts when Heaven Hill drops the first of their three-times yearly batches of Larceny Barrel Proof and Elijah Craig Barrel proof. I always look forward to these releases. Any why might that be, you ask? Because they’re always delicious. And it is nice to look at things that you know are going to be tasty. Since it is the first drop of the year, let’s go over a little basic info as to what this is.
Born as an offshoot of Heaven Hill’s Old Fitzgerald line of wheated bourbons, Larceny bourbon uses wheat instead of rye as the “flavoring” grain. In this case, Heaven Hill tells us that the recipe is 68% corn (remember to be bourbon it needs over 51% corn in the mash bill), 20% wheat, and 12% malted barley. This release being barrel-proof means there is no water added to the batch. They dump, blend, and bottle at whatever strength it comes out of the barrel. Now, of course, that sometimes leads to a very hot product. The first batch of this was so hot that I was worried as to what they were trying to accomplish. In the intervening years, it has calmed itself a bit.
Speaking of different batches if you run across this in the store, how do you know which batch you have? Heaven Hill has nicely given us the key to knowing what is in our hands as we hold that bottle of the precious liquid. The batch code is made up of three parts. The first part is a letter, A, B, or C. This corresponds to if it is the first, second, or third batch of the year. The second part is a number, to this point it has always been 1, 5, or 9. This is the month of the year the release came out. The final part of the code is made up of the final two digits which indicate the year. So in this case A123 means it is the first batch of the year and it was released in January of 2023. Simple.
But unless this is your first time learning about the Barrel-Proof releases from Heaven Hill (in which case: welcome! the bar is in the corner. pour yourself something nice), you actually just want to know how this one tastes. So let’s dig in.
Purchase Info: This sample was provided by the producer for review purposes. The suggested retail price is $59.99.
Price per Drink (50 mL): $4.00
Details: Heaven Hill’s wheated mash bill (68% corn, 20% Wheat, and 12% malted barley). 6-8 years old. 62.9% ABV.
Nose: This is a caramel bomb on notes of oak, vanilla, and a hint of wintergreen.
Mouth: Very warm but not uncomfortably so. Notes follow the nose with caramel, oak, and wintergreen.
Finish: Warm and on the longer side of medium length. Strong cinnamon candy notes.
Thoughts: Normally if I see this on the shelf I pick it up because it is delicious. However, I don’t usually get too bent out of shape if I don’t run across it because in this market Elijah Craig Barrel Proof is usually easier to find. This time however, I really hope that my local store gets their hands on a bottle because if I see this one, it is coming home with me. This might be my favorite release of Larceny Barrel Proof yet.
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By Kenrick Thurston-Wilcox Rating: B Since their founding in 2015, Still Austin has strived to capture what life in Austin, Texas is like with each release of their whiskeys. With their base known as the “Live Music Capital of the World,” Still Austin captured the spirit of their music world in their first release and …
By Kenrick Thurston-Wilcox
Rating: B
Still Austin Rye
(Credit: Kenrick Thurston-Wilcox)
Since their founding in 2015, Still Austin has strived to capture what life in Austin, Texas is like with each release of their whiskeys. With their base known as the “Live Music Capital of the World,” Still Austin captured the spirit of their music world in their first release and flagship bourbon, “The Musician.”
For the release of their first rye, “The Artist,” they captured the spirit of the diverse and creative culture that permeates Austin. With feet rooted firmly in their community, they used only Texas-grown grain. This release of straight rye whiskey is bottled at 49.8% ABV and aged for a minimum of two years. If that doesn’t sound like a lot, bear in mind the infamous Texas heat allows the distiller to extract more flavor from the barrel quicker, though also increasing the amount of Angel’s Share (liquid lost to evaporation while aging). *
Working with master blender and consultant Nancy Fraley, they employ what is known as the “Cold Water Reduction” method to proof down their whiskies, an idea that the cognac world has been using for ages. Fraley brought the idea over to whiskey-makers, after working with master distiller Hubert Germain-Robin. Normally distilleries wait until the end of the aging process to proof down their whiskey by adding a large amount of water at once. As a result, the water does not have time to interact with the whiskey, which has the potential to ruin some of the delicate flavors the distiller had striven for. By adding water slowly (over weeks or months) to the spirit in the barrel, Cold Water Reduction allows for time for the water to interact with both the liquid and wood, adding more subtlety while preserving the delicate aromas that are already present.
The Rye
The bottle is true to the name “The Artist” with the label depicting a lady drawing her muse, in this case the Still Austin red bird logo. The liquid is a dark amber with some gold undertones in the glass.
The nose has the traditional spice one expects from a rye whiskey, along with grassy notes. Lemon grass also infuses itself into the aroma, as well as caramel candies. The liquid has more wood taste then expected for being so young, and also has a slight tannic feel. Chocolate is the most prevalent flavor, along with ginger and green apple. There is the traditional rye spice, yet it is subdued and balanced with a smoky taste. Baking spice adds subtlety. The finish lasts a good amount of time, spicy all the way through, and changing to citrus notes after some time.
With a couple drops of water, the whiskey seems to open up more. The nose is less spicy giving more space to the grassy notes. On the palate the spice is almost totally gone, overall less intense flavor, yet well balanced and very enjoyable. The spice comes back on the finish slightly, with a balance of chocolate and citrus. Overall I would say the experience is heightened with some water.
The Price
You can buy Still Austin Rye for $50.
* Editor’s Note: For more on the role on climate in Texas whiskey-making, see our feature on the Garrison Brothers’ production process from 2016.
In the pre-Prohibition era, it was not unusual for distillers and dealers to conscript the familiar figure of Uncle Sam to merchandise their whiskeys. Shown below are examples of trade cards and newspaper ads exploiting the old gentleman’s image in the cause of selling liquor.
There was a good reason to enlist Sam: In 1897 after a Congressional investigation uncovered massive counterfeiting and adulteration of whiskey nationwide, the Bottle in Bond Act was passed and signed into law by President Grover Cleveland. It permitted the marketing of whiskey that would be sealed in bonded warehouses and and sold under proprietary names with a guarantee of integrity from the United States Government.
“Bottled in bond” or “bonded” whiskey was (and still is) whiskey that was produced according to the guidelines set forth in that more-than-century-old statute. The requirements are: 1) whiskey must be stored in a federally bonded warehouse for at least four years before bottling; 2) it must be legally defined straight whiskey and distilled in a single season by a single distillery, and 3) it must be bottled at one hundred proof (50% alcohol).
The government then certifies that the whiskey was bottled at this proof; it also vouches for the aging period. The federal guarantee is symbolized by sealing the whiskey with a green strip stamp on each bottle. In exchange for meeting all these requirements, distillers do not pay taxes on their whiskey until it is bottled and removed from the warehouse for sale. Treasury agents are assigned to distillery warehouses to insure the rules are followed.
In a day when trust in government ran higher than today, the federal guarantee was seen as something to be exploited in merchandising by canny whiskey men. How better to take advantage of “bottled-in-bond” than by appropriating the national symbol? Roll out Uncle Sam!
A W.H. McBrayer trade card depicted the opportunity in vivid colors. Uncle Sam stands in front of a bonded warehouse, key in hand, as workers withdraw crates of Cedar Brook Hand Made Sour Mash Whiskey. A second Cedar Brook ad has the old gent and his key riding a flying bottle of whiskey and the motto: “Way above everything on earth.” This Lawrenceville, Kentucky, distillery was founded in the late 19th Century by Judge W. H. McBrayer. After his death in 1887, the Judge’s estate went to his grandchildren and their father, D. L. Moore, ran the distillery. The Kentucky Whiskey Trust bought the plant about 1900 and under various managements continued production until Prohibition.
A trade card from the Thompson Straight Whiskey Co. of Louisville, shows us Uncle Sam “Catching the Fakir.” He is peeking through a door leading to a workroom in which a whiskey “rectifier” is pouring a number of suspicious ingredients, represented by bottles on the wall, into a stoneware container. The inference is that Sam will arrest the fakir. Thompson also tells us: “ Uncle Sam says: The Label must tell the truth so always read carefully the label.” Thompson was in business from 1910 to 1918. The company used the brand names: “Country Club”, “Forelock”, “Lucky Stone”, “Old Kentucky”, “Old Medicinal Corn”, “Old Mountain Corn”, “Thompson Old Reserve”, “Thompson Select”, “Thompson Straight”, “Very Old Special”, and “White Bird Gin.”
Steinhart Bros. in an 1890s ad portrayed a distinguished looking Uncle Sam pointing to one of the many brands they featured as wholesale liquor dealers. It is “Roxbury Rye,” a Maryland-made whiskey of which they had purchased an entire years supply. This firm was highly successful and grew to have outlets in many sections of the Big Apple. Founded in 1872 Steinhardt Bros. succumbed with Prohibition.
The trade card of Uncle Sam holding some bottled-in-bond whiskey in glass containers with one hand and a wooden barrel with the other is presumably from the R. Mathewson Company of Chattanooga. Little appears in normal sources but my surmise is that this brand was produced by the Rufus Rose family of “Four Roses” fame during a brief period 1907-1910 when son Rudolph moved their distillery from Atlanta to Chattanooga. “ R. Mathewson” was Rufus’ first initial and middle name.
The Clarke Brothers, Charles and Chauncey, inherited a distillery business founded in 1862 by their father in Peoria, Illinois, After his death they incorporated the company under their own names. For a time following the passage of the Bottle in Bond Act, they claimed that their whiskey was distilled by the U.S. Government. Probably warned off that approach they subsequently featured Uncle Sam in their advertising, emphasizing, more factually, that the Feds had set a seal on every bottle.
Guckenheimer Distilling of Pennsylvania often alluded to the bottled-in-bond character of its whiskey. In one ad Uncle Sam is shown holding a scale to demonstrate that Guckenheimer Pure Rye Whiskey has a balance of quality and purity. A second ad claims that “Uncle Sam stands behind it,” an outright falsehood since bonding was in no way a guarantee of whiskey quality or safety. This Pittsburgh firm was founded by Asher Guckenheimer in 1857. His liquor became a leading national brand after winning top prize at the 1893 Colombian Exposition in Chicago. Following his death family members carried on the business for several years after Prohibition until 1923.
The final example deviates from the mantra of “Uncle Sam guarantees whiskey quality.” The image advertises “Five Jacks” brand from I. Michelson & Bros. of Cincinnati. It is trying to make the point that their whiskey is one “for All Nations.” Uncle Sam is leading the way for Britain’s John Bull, others dressed in national clothing, and a donkey to endorse it. The Michelsons, whiskey blenders and distributors, were in business from 1898 until 1918.
Today we are accustomed to seeing Uncle Sam represented in a number of poses, both commercial and patriotic. Since Prohibition, however, the old gentleman has been strikingly absent from whiskey merchandising even though “bottled-in-bond” has continued unabated.
Note: More complete profiles of these whiskey organizations may be found on this website: McBrayer, Oct. 2, 2011; Steinhardt, Oct 1, 2012; Clarke, June 20, 2011; Guckenheimer, April 15, 2012, and Michelson, April 11, 2015.
In the pre-Prohibition era, it was not unusual for distillers and dealers to conscript the familiar figure of Uncle Sam to merchandise their whiskeys. Shown below are examples of trade cards and newspaper ads exploiting the old gentleman’s image in the cause of selling liquor.
There was a good reason to enlist Sam: In 1897 after a Congressional investigation uncovered massive counterfeiting and adulteration of whiskey nationwide, the Bottle in Bond Act was passed and signed into law by President Grover Cleveland. It permitted the marketing of whiskey that would be sealed in bonded warehouses and and sold under proprietary names with a guarantee of integrity from the United States Government.
“Bottled in bond” or “bonded” whiskey was (and still is) whiskey that was produced according to the guidelines set forth in that more-than-century-old statute. The requirements are: 1) whiskey must be stored in a federally bonded warehouse for at least four years before bottling; 2) it must be legally defined straight whiskey and distilled in a single season by a single distillery, and 3) it must be bottled at one hundred proof (50% alcohol).
The government then certifies that the whiskey was bottled at this proof; it also vouches for the aging period. The federal guarantee is symbolized by sealing the whiskey with a green strip stamp on each bottle. In exchange for meeting all these requirements, distillers do not pay taxes on their whiskey until it is bottled and removed from the warehouse for sale. Treasury agents are assigned to distillery warehouses to insure the rules are followed.
In a day when trust in government ran higher than today, the federal guarantee was seen as something to be exploited in merchandising by canny whiskey men. How better to take advantage of “bottled-in-bond” than by appropriating the national symbol? Roll out Uncle Sam!
A W.H. McBrayer trade card depicted the opportunity in vivid colors. Uncle Sam stands in front of a bonded warehouse, key in hand, as workers withdraw crates of Cedar Brook Hand Made Sour Mash Whiskey. A second Cedar Brook ad has the old gent and his key riding a flying bottle of whiskey and the motto: “Way above everything on earth.” This Lawrenceville, Kentucky, distillery was founded in the late 19th Century by Judge W. H. McBrayer. After his death in 1887, the Judge’s estate went to his grandchildren and their father, D. L. Moore, ran the distillery. The Kentucky Whiskey Trust bought the plant about 1900 and under various managements continued production until Prohibition.
A trade card from the Thompson Straight Whiskey Co. of Louisville, shows us Uncle Sam “Catching the Fakir.” He is peeking through a door leading to a workroom in which a whiskey “rectifier” is pouring a number of suspicious ingredients, represented by bottles on the wall, into a stoneware container. The inference is that Sam will arrest the fakir. Thompson also tells us: “ Uncle Sam says: The Label must tell the truth so always read carefully the label.” Thompson was in business from 1910 to 1918. The company used the brand names: "Country Club", "Forelock", "Lucky Stone", "Old Kentucky", "Old Medicinal Corn", "Old Mountain Corn", "Thompson Old Reserve", "Thompson Select", "Thompson Straight", "Very Old Special", and "White Bird Gin.”
Steinhart Bros. in an 1890s ad portrayed a distinguished looking Uncle Sam pointing to one of the many brands they featured as wholesale liquor dealers. It is “Roxbury Rye,” a Maryland-made whiskey of which they had purchased an entire years supply. This firm was highly successful and grew to have outlets in many sections of the Big Apple. Founded in 1872 Steinhardt Bros. succumbed with Prohibition.
The trade card of Uncle Sam holding some bottled-in-bond whiskey in glass containers with one hand and a wooden barrel with the other is presumably from the R. Mathewson Company of Chattanooga. Little appears in normal sources but my surmise is that this brand was produced by the Rufus Rose family of “Four Roses” fame during a brief period 1907-1910 when son Rudolph moved their distillery from Atlanta to Chattanooga. “ R. Mathewson” was Rufus’ first initial and middle name.
The Clarke Brothers, Charles and Chauncey, inherited a distillery business founded in 1862 by their father in Peoria, Illinois, After his death they incorporated the company under their own names. For a time following the passage of the Bottle in Bond Act, they claimed that their whiskey was distilled by the U.S. Government. Probably warned off that approach they subsequently featured Uncle Sam in their advertising, emphasizing, more factually, that the Feds had set a seal on every bottle.
Guckenheimer Distilling of Pennsylvania often alluded to the bottled-in-bond character of its whiskey. In one ad Uncle Sam is shown holding a scale to demonstrate that Guckenheimer Pure Rye Whiskey has a balance of quality and purity. A second ad claims that “Uncle Sam stands behind it,” an outright falsehood since bonding was in no way a guarantee of whiskey quality or safety. This Pittsburgh firm was founded by Asher Guckenheimer in 1857. His liquor became a leading national brand after winning top prize at the 1893 Colombian Exposition in Chicago. Following his death family members carried on the business for several years after Prohibition until 1923.
The final example deviates from the mantra of “Uncle Sam guarantees whiskey quality.” The image advertises “Five Jacks” brand from I. Michelson & Bros. of Cincinnati. It is trying to make the point that their whiskey is one “for All Nations.” Uncle Sam is leading the way for Britain’s John Bull, others dressed in national clothing, and a donkey to endorse it. The Michelsons, whiskey blenders and distributors, were in business from 1898 until 1918.
Today we are accustomed to seeing Uncle Sam represented in a number of poses, both commercial and patriotic. Since Prohibition, however, the old gentleman has been strikingly absent from whiskey merchandising even though “bottled-in-bond” has continued unabated.
Note: More complete profiles of these whiskey organizations may be found on this website: McBrayer, Oct. 2, 2011; Steinhardt, Oct 1, 2012; Clarke, June 20, 2011; Guckenheimer, April 15, 2012, and Michelson, April 11, 2015.
On this Whiskey Quickie by Bourbon Pursuit, we review Uncle Nearest Uncut/Unfiltered Rye Whiskey. This non-age stated uncut rye whiskey is 119.7 […]
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On this Whiskey Quickie by Bourbon Pursuit, we review Uncle Nearest Uncut/Unfiltered Rye Whiskey. This non-age stated uncut rye whiskey is 119.7 proof and $150 MSRP. Let us know what you think. Cheers!
DISCLAIMER: The whiskey in this review was provided to us at no cost courtesy of the spirit producer. We were not compensated by the spirit producer for this review. This is our honest opinion based on what we tasted. Please drink responsibly.
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Ardbeg 1964/1996 (40%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice)Ardbeg 25 yo 1976/2002 (53.5%, OB, for Velier, Single Cask, sherry butt, cask #2396, 492 bottles)Ardbeg 46 yo 1975/2021 (46.3%, OB, for Geert Bero, cask #404, 1 bottle)
Pleasant with some presence of distillery character and plenty of oak wood influence. The cask variety adds to a multitude of flavours and aromas also. 82/100
