North Carolina’s Oaklore has unveiled its latest whiskey release in its Story Series. Oaklore Story Series: Oloroso Sherry Cask Finished Four Grain Bourbon (SRP: $99.95 for 750ml) is now available in very limited release, with only 750 bottles for purchase. Bottled at 95 proof, this six-year-old, non-chill filtered small batch bourbon is a fresh take …
Penelope Bourbon has announced the release of its 2025 Estate Collection, five distinct expressions with minimum age statements of 10 years. The expanded collection includes a reimagined Founders Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, the introduction of new Omega Straight Bourbon Whiskey finished in Omega French Oak barrels, and the award-winning Single Barrel and Private Select …
Penelope Bourbon has announced the release of its 2025 Estate Collection, five distinct expressions with minimum age statements of 10 years. The expanded collection includes a reimagined Founders Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, the introduction of new Omega Straight Bourbon Whiskey finished in Omega French Oak barrels, and the award-winning Single Barrel and Private Select …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Nevada’s Frey Ranch checks off a number of categories one often finds in the craft sector, but rarely all in the same basket. Their standard bourbon is made with a four grain mash bill, while their rye whiskey is 100% rye. They have bonded and single barrel whiskeys; in the …
Nevada’s Frey Ranch is a serious grain-to-glass, estate distillery, and now they have unveiled their new five grain mash bill in a single barrel bourbon. This the first-ever release from Frey Ranch that Colby Frey grows on his farm. With his farming acumen, Colby plants and harvest grains that are specifically destined to become whiskey, …
Penelope Bourbon has undertaken a regular brand extension with its introduction of Penelope Wheated Bourbon. The latest innovation expands the Penelope lineup with an approachable wheated bourbon that delivers on versatility due to its proof and price points. Penelope Wheated is bottled at 95 proof (47.5% ABV) and available nationwide in February at a suggested …
Denver’s Laws Whiskey House has unveiled a high-wheat expression that celebrates Colorado’s distinctive terroir. As the next annual release in the Laws’ Origins Series, the new Super Wheater is crafted from hand-selected barrels of Laws Four Grain Bourbon and robust 100% Centennial Wheat whiskey. Super Wheater is aged between 5 and 12 years and bottled …
By Richard Thomas Among bourbon nerds, Jeptha Creed Distillery is best known as the craft-scale farm distillery that was an early revivalist of the Bloody Butcher strain of corn. The distillery is built around the Nethery family’s farm properties in Shelbyville, and since part of the problem with using exotic grain varietals is persuading a …
By Kurt Maitland I was able to speak to Frey Ranch Whiskey Farm and Distillery co-founders Colby and Ashley Frey about the amazing farm to glass whiskey they are making at Frey Ranch in Nevada. KM: Please tell us the story of Frey Ranch before their entry into distilling. The Freys: In 1944, Colby’s grandfather …
Denver’s Laws Whiskey House has announced the 2023 release of their Bottled in Bond Four Grain Bourbon. To qualify as a Bottled in Bond whiskey, the expression must be made by one distillery in a single season, must be bottled at 100 proof (50% abv) and must be aged at least four years in a …
