Newcomer Kentucky bourbon brand RD1 Spirits has unveiled plans for its $4.8 million brand destination, RD1 Distillery at The Commons. This new location will serve as the anchor tenant of The Commons, Lexington’s newest entertainment district, uniting life, work, and play. RD1 Distillery at The Commons will honor Lexington’s bourbon history dating back to 1865 …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Texas’s Still Austin Whiskey Company (I shouldn’t need to tell you where in Texas they are from with that name) has a range of bottled in bond whiskeys, based on their standard straight whiskey line. It’s a now commonplace arrangement among small distillers in America, and many plan their initial, …
Maverick Distilling has launched its Samuel Maverick Straight Triticale Whiskey Bottled-In-Bond. The extremely limited release from a single barrel marks the first ever Bottled-in-Bond whiskey from the distillery. Samuel Maverick Straight Triticale Whiskey Bottled-In-Bond is available exclusively at the distillery tasting room in San Antonio, Texas, and from the Maverick Distilling website. “Our Straight Triticale …
By Kurt Maitland American whiskey has changed. Bourbon and rye are still dominant, but craft is a vibrant thing, and it feels like American Single Malt has seen more and more attention on the domestic scene. But lots of distilleries fly under the radar and are only known to an observant few. Thankfully we have …
The Kentucky Distillers’ Association today announced General George Stillhouse in Grayson County as the newest member of the non-profit trade group that unites and leads Kentucky’s signature Bourbon and distilled spirits industry. Located in Falls of Rough, General George Stillhouse was established in 2022 by Travis Wilson, a professor at Western Kentucky University. The farm …
St. George’s Spirits is an example of both craft whiskey before there was craft whiskey and a forerunner of the American Single Malt scene. They have announced the upcoming release of the 23rd lot of their single malt whiskey, which points directly at both of those facts. To create this year’s blend, head distiller/blender, Dave …
Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery is best known as the distillery that revived wheated Tennessee Whiskey, but for their latest release, they have gone in an entirely different direction: rye whiskey. “We could not be more thrilled to finally release a rye whiskey to a national audience for the first time since Prohibition!” said Nelson. “We’ve always had …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B The niche fad for so-called “hazmat whiskeys” underlines that there are two ways to view a cask strength or otherwise high proof bottle of whiskey. The traditional and more widely shared view is that a cask strength whiskey is essentially a concentrate, because palate fatigue is a thing, and the …
Chattanooga Whiskey announced the newest release in their Experimental Single Batch Series: Batch 033: Triple Peat. The blend of pot distilled bourbon, column distilled bourbon, and column distilled malt whiskey was made with three different peated malts from three different UK malthouses – each one bringing their own unique, rich, smoky malt character. After primary …
Illva Saronno, an Italian multinational company, has announced a majority stake purchase of shares of Baltimore-based Sagamore Spirit rye whiskey brand and distillery. The deal supports the long-term growth of both companies and strengthens Illva Saronno Holding’s presence in the United States, which started with Disaronno International LLC in 2014. Illva Saronno Holding is most …
