By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Hybrids, or blends of two or more types of whiskeys, have been an interesting and rewarding niche ever since Wild Turkey introduced their now defunct hybrid expression more than a decade ago. Wild Turkey Forgiven was supposedly based on a batching accident, became something of a fan favorite, and consisted …
Dating its start back to 1999, Mackmyra Whisky has long been considered the leading whisky distiller of Sweden and one of the trailblazers of the modern world whisky movement, which saw whisky-making expand into countries during the 21st century where it had been unknown during the preceding century. According to a post on the company …
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. …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B Hybrids remain one of the great sleeper categories in American Whiskey. Defined as a blend of two or more major types of whiskey, the granddaddy was Wild Turkey Forgiven. That defunct expression is now more than a decade in the past, predating Eddie Russell succeeding his father as Master Distiller …
Knob Creek has made a new entry into the category of hybrid whiskeys, a class made of blends of two or more major types. The name says it all here: Knob Creek Bourbon x Rye is a blend of the classic Knob Creek 9 Year Old Small Batch Bourbon with the Knob Creek 7 Year …
Malcolm Jenkins, the two-time Super Bowl champion and former NFL safety, is embarking on a new venture that marries his passion for entrepreneurship and social justice. Jenkins is launching the first whiskey to source its grain exclusively from Black and Brown farmers, a groundbreaking initiative aimed at addressing racial disparities in the agricultural industry. This …
The American oak, Quercus Alba, and High Coast’s fruity new-make whisky are a union of two continents, a result that has been characterized by the northern climate over time. Alba II was launched in Sweden on 31th of May and will appear in selected international markets during 2024. Alba II is an unpeated single malt, …
Buffalo Trace Distillery has announced that it is taking the Weller brand of wheated bourbons up a step, introducing Weller Millennium. Billed as an ultra-aged expression, Weller Millennium is not actually a wheated bourbon. Instead, it is a blend of wheated bourbon and wheat whiskey. The constituent whiskeys were distilled near the turn of the …
Nevada’s Frey Ranch, the crafty farm distillery,has released a new wheat whiskey. Bottled at cask strength and made with 100% soft white winter wheat grown exclusively on the Frey Ranch farm, Frey Ranch 100% Wheat Whiskey Single Barrel is the first cask strength whiskey from the brand’s Single Grain Series, ranging from 58.4% ABV (116.8 …
High West, the Utah-based craft distiller and negociant who earned a strong reputation for transparent sourcing more than a decade ago, has released its 2024 edition of Bourye. The Bourye expression is noted as a hybrid, drawing on stocks of both bourbon and rye that are aged for 10 years or more. In this instance, …
