Castle & Key Distillery, the Kentucky distiller that renovated and revived the historic Old Taylor property in Woodford County, has released the The Untold Story of Kentucky Whiskey Chapter 4 in partnership with the Kentucky Black Bourbon Guild (KBBG). For each release, 100 percent of revenue will be donated to scholarship funds that support diversity, …
Binder’s Stash has announced a landmark strategic partnership with the iconic Willett Distillery. This collaboration has brought Willett, who has not been especially known for partnering with other companies since the end of their relationship with Old Pogue, into a rare and unusual arrangement with Binder’s Stash. The partnership provides Binder’s Stash with unique access …
Bill Thomas and Michael Veach’s Bourbon, Fountain Run, has finally been bottled.
By Richard Thomas The other day my inbox had a share in it, a video short from the TikToker Barchemistry about frothing whiskey to improve its taste. The idea is to use a milk frother, the sort of device that an avid home barista ought to have handy, to give the liquid a vigorous stir …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B- When Sazerac chose to build up the Benchmark line, it really put its back in and did it in one big push, releasing a five-expression brand extension all at once in 2020. Benchmark Bonded was part of that major expansion. The Benchmarks are all Buffalo Trace bourbon mash bill #1 …
With its continued focus on sustainability in whiskey, Brother’s Bond Bourbon has unveiled its first-ever micro-batch single barrel release, a Regenerative Grain Straight Bourbon. This expression has also been selected by 1 Hotels, a mission-driven luxury lifestyle hotel brand inspired by nature. Founded by actors, longtime friends, and whiskey experts Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ It all started in 2010 with inserting some French Oak staves into existing barrels of maturing bourbon to create Maker’s 46, but since then Maker’s Mark has taken the stave insert concept to its limits. The Loretto distillery erected the world’s only bourbon-aging cellar to further the production process for …
By Richard Thomas Nowadays, a map of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail looks like a skewed quadralateral set onto Central Kentucky. While there are distilleries nestled deep in the mountains of Eastern Kentucky; in the remote river country of the western part of the state; and in bucolic and isolated college towns like Danville; most of …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B At this juncture, I think its necessary to underline the expansion of the Old Fitzgerald brand. When Heaven Hill reintroduced the brand to enthusiasts several years ago, it was revamped as a bi-annual, bottled in bond expression of their wheated bourbon stock. Moreover, Old Fitz Bonded routinely clocked in at …
Oxmoor Bourbon Company announced Tim Knittel is joining the team as general manager, bringing extensive experience to one of Kentucky’s most unique bourbon tourism destinations. Having just reached its first anniversary since opening for public tours and sharing how one Kentucky family impacted state and federal whiskey policy, the leadership announcement reflects a new chapter …
