Northwestern distillery Westward Whiskey has marked its 20th anniversary with the release of Westward Whiskey Milestone Edition No. 2 – A Discovery of Spice. As a follow-on to last year’s inaugural release, Edition No. 2 reflects an unrivaled expression of spice, one that highlights Westward’s journey thus far while setting the tone for many iterations …
Virginia Distillery Co. is thrilled to announce the debut of The Brewer’s Coalition, an innovative new limited-edition series of American Single Malt whiskies aged to perfection and then finished in beer casks from preeminent breweries across the United States. The distillery is kicking off this new range of whiskies with two Fall releases in partnership …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Although Whiskey del Bac (aka Hamilton Distillers, although they don’t seem to use that name so much anymore) has had their Arizona-style American malt whiskey on the market for almost a decade now, they only just released their first bottled in bond this year. My guess is that this was …
New Riff Distilling announced the subsequent release of its award-winning Sour Mash Single Malt whiskey, a 2024 version featuring an exploratory compilation of mashbills promising a unique depth and complexity, producing an overall enhanced and elevated body and flavor of whiskey. New Riff started distilling batches of malt whiskey shortly after its founding in 2014 …
Heaven Hill Distillery has announced the release of the 2025 Parker’s Heritage, the 18th edition of the series. This latest installment is a 14 year old Kentucky Straight Malt Whiskey Finished in Reconstructed Heavy Toast Cognac Barrels. This edition continues Heaven Hill’s partnership with Master Blender Alain Royer, who worked with the bourbon distiller on …
8 Shires Distillery is excited to announce its Year Long 10th Anniversary Celebration. It officially begins on the Fourth of July 2024 and continues to July 2025 as we prepare for the United States’ Semiquincentennial. The celebration will be a yearlong series of events, collaborations, and presentations by the staff of 8 Shires designed to …
By Douglas Fraser Rating: A Lodestar Whiskey is a women-owned and -operated spirits brand, based out of California. Two German-born cousins, Anna Axster and Wendelin von Schroder, founded the brand after discovering whiskey while working in the music industry. They found that, in their opinion, there was not a whiskey expression that spoke to everyone. …
Woodford Reserve has released the latest installment of its Distillery Series, the Woodford Reserve Blended Malt. This new expression combines two different malt whiskies. One was a 100 percent malted barley whiskey aged in used barrels then finished in a Ruby Port Barrel. The other was a blend of five different styles of malted grains …
By Kurt Maitland Continuing from Part 1. Kurt Maitland: So about American single malt. I’ve read and heard that you’ll be doing more releases. Josh, as you and Jason will be the boots on the ground for American single malt, could you enlighten me as to what you are thinking of doing in that space? …
It has been a massive year for Colorado’s Ironton Distillery & Crafthouse (Ironton). In addition to announcing its upcoming state-of-the-art Louisville, CO production facility and expanded tasting room experience in March, Ironton is now gearing up to debut a full label refresh across its core spirits portfolio. But the momentum doesn’t stop there, because Ironton …
