Thirty years after the 1996 fire at Old Heaven Hill Springs Distillery, Heaven Hill Distillery today introduced Heaven Hill Phoenix, a limited-edition, one-time 18-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey commemorating a defining moment in the brand’s history. On November 7, 1996, lightning is believed to have sparked a fire at Heaven Hill’s original Bardstown distillery. Wind-driven …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The new Midwinter Night’s Dram is out from Utah’s High West Distillery, a company I only just published an interview with. This fan-favorite expression is defined by its multi-sourcing for the whiskeys in the bottle and its broad use of cask finishes. Introduced in 2013 as a spin-off of Rendezvous …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Michter’s Distillery has hit the trifecta with their rye whiskeys placed above their US*1 Rye (which isn’t to say that is not a worthy expression in its own right). Their Barrel Strength Rye is popular and a particular favorite of our Deputy Editor, Kurt Maitland. Michter’s 10 Year Old Rye …
15 STARS is expanding its First West collection with the debut of First West Cigar Blend, a limited-release expression crafted with both cigar and bourbon enthusiasts in mind. Bringing together high-aged straight bourbons and distinctive finishing casks, the bold blend is designed to complement a cigar or savor on its own. First West Cigar Blend …
When Kentucky Senator Bourbon sought to create a private-barrel Thoroughbred Legacy Series, the small-batch bourbon reached for the stars for the inaugural subject: D.J. Stable’s champion filly Nitrogen. The 113-proof bourbon — selected and bottled by Potter Jane Distilling Company of Springfield, Ky., for Kentucky Senator Spirits — commemorates the multiple champion favored for the …
Some of the hardest workers in modern manufacturing are far too small to see. They don’t clock in, they don’t take breaks, and they’ll happily munch on sugar around the clock. They’re microorganisms, and they’ve been making useful things for thousands of years. Yeast turns grain into beer and dough into bread. Bacteria transform milk …
When it comes to whiskey on camera, it’s all in the details. They check the label and observe the settling in the glass and then estimate the space in which the tasting will be held. If anything from that looks blurry, the video takes away some of its ‘sizzle’. Tasting rooms are usually dark and …
By Richard Thomas Rating: A- The latest Single Barrel Special Release from Jack Daniel’s draws on their rye whiskey but combines that with the twist that swiftly became a fan favorite after it was first used with their staple Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey: Coy Hill. Coy Hill overlooks the distillery and was the first …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B The Bourbon Boom is so definitively ended that folks like me are not arguing the point, instead debating about what that means in practice. One thing that some folks got wrong is that it would bring a screeching halt to construction plans and new company starts. Turns out that a …
Dewar’s Aberfeldy Distillery is welcoming autumn and the coming winter with the latest addition to its Aberfeldy Exceptional Cask Series: ABERFELDY 27-Year-Old Madeira Double Cask Finish Single Malt Whisky. This limited distillery exclusive brings together almost 21 years of maturation in ex-bourbon barrels, finished in carefully selected Madeira casks for a further six years. Madeira …
