I recently visited the Dueling Grounds Distillery in Franklin, Kentucky and brought back three bottles of their products to taste with Matt. Matt had never done a tasting that included a new make spirit, and two other aged Bourbons before,… Continue …
Before Prohibition, Paducah, Kentucky was an important Bourbon town. Isaac Wolfe Bernheim and his brother Bernard started their business in Paducah. Dreyfuss and Weil had a distillery in Paducah. Early Times was being distributed by Friedman, Keller &#…
The Green River Distillery considers itself the “Western Gateway to Bourbon Country”. They have some legitimate reasons for saying this: They are the first large distillery to visit when traveling from the west by car and with air travel being… Conti…
Chocorua Rye Whiskey is made at Tamworth Distilling in Tamworth, New Hampshire. The distillery has a 250 gallon, copper still, made at Vendome. They use 100% organic rye, grown in Maine and they use water from the Ossipee Stratified Aquifer… Continue…
I am often asked as to when I think was the “Golden Age” for American whiskey. My general thought is that there is no such thing as a “Golden Age”. Every era has made both excellent whiskeys, as well as… Continue Reading →
Matt Kohorst picked the “Whiskey of the Month” for this month. I support his decision. He picked an excellent whiskey. Matt has a fondness for Wilderness Trail whiskey that dates back to the first time he tasted their rye whiskey…. Continue Rea…
This whiskey is produced by the Lux Row Distillery. It is a marriage of wheat recipe Bourbon with a traditional Bourbon, then finished in a French oak barrel. I saw this bottle at Westport Whiskey & Wine and it sounded… Continue Reading …
There is a romanticized image of Prohibition era speakeasies in the modern world. There are many bars that call themselves “speakeasies” in most every major city in the United States and even overseas, where speakeasies were not found in the… Continu…
The Southern Star Distillery is located in Statesville, North Carolina. In November of 2019, I visited the distillery with Ken Bernardo. The owners, Pete and Vienna Barger, gave us a personal tour and tasting. I had a chance to taste… Continue Readin…
Michter’s recently released their ten year old Rye Whiskey for 2022. Their distillery in Shively, Kentucky has now been producing whiskey long enough that what they put in their standard rye bottles is now being produced there instead of being… Conti…
