This single barrel of Wilderness Trail is a barrel pick for Seelbachs online bottle sales. Matt and I really like the Wilderness Trail products. They are unusual in that they use the sweet mash procedure to make their whiskeys. They… Continue Reading…
A bottle of Red Hook Rye recently sold at auction for $43,750. I was with LaNell Camacho Santa Ana when she picked the first two barrels of Red Hook Rye for her store in Brooklyn, New York. It was a… Continue Reading →
One of my favorite trips is to Newport, Kentucky to visit the New Riff Distillery. Rosemary and I like to book a room in Cincinnati for a weekend. While there, we will visit one of my favorite people, Molly Wellman… Continue Reading →
The New Riff Distillery in Newport, Kentucky, is one of my favorite 21st century distilleries in Kentucky. They are making some excellent whiskeys and are not afraid to experiment. One of their experiments is a 100% malted rye whiskey. Malting… Conti…
Things have changed over the last two centuries. It is easier to document the history of the distilling industry in the twenty-first century than it was in the twentieth century. It is not that the records were not kept from… Continue Reading →
Leiper’s Fork Distillery near Franklin, Tennessee, is a distillery to watch. Their distiller, Lee Kennedy, is making very good whiskey. It is a small distillery by modern standards but they are distributing their whiskey outside Tennessee. Rosemary ord…
Old Forester has a series they call the “Whiskey Row” series. The name comes from the fact that Old Forester had an office on Main Street in Louisville in the heart of Louisville’s Whiskey Row. Whiskey Row gets its name… Continue Reading →
The Kentucky Bourbon Trail has been a huge success. It has increased the interest in Kentucky Bourbon and brought a lot of tourism dollars to the local economies. It has been successful enough that many of Kentucky’s dry counties have… Continue Readi…
I am not a bartender and I have never aspired to be one. I will mix an occasional cocktail for myself and Rosemary, but I will never be a top-notch bartender. However, I do like cocktail books for many reasons…. Continue Reading →
Bottled-in-Bond whiskey is a growing category. It has regained some of the respect it had in the first half of the twentieth century. The established distilleries are beginning to give their bonded whiskeys more support and in the case of… Continue R…
