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Willett Embarks On Rare Partnership With Binder’s Stash

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 …

Wild Turkey Private Selection Rye: “Whoryeno”

To say I was impressed with this rye selection would be an understatement. The depth, the richness – the balance of sweetness and spice – it was exactly what a Kentucky rye should be.
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Jim Beam Expands Private Barrel Program With New Knob Creek Options

By Richard Thomas Jim Beam has announced a new branch for its private barrel program in the Knob Creek line, Knob Creek Single Barrel Select Cask Strength, to be available for both bourbon and rye. The private barrel/single barrel experience includes a visit to the James B. Beam Distilling Co. in Clermont, KY, where participants …

Seven Springtime American Whiskeys To Look Forward To

By Richard Thomas St. Patrick’s Day and the Spring Equinox are behind us, so even if the weather is still a bit chilly, springtime has arrived. As a rule, Spring is not a season associated with the much sought after, annualized limited edition releases that are so passionately sought after by enthusiasts. However, there are …

Chattanooga Whiskey Company Introduces New Single Barrel Rye

Chattanooga Whiskey today announced the newest addition to their lineup: Rye Single Barrels, which are the uncut, unfiltered expression of the company’s malt-forward approach to rye. Inspired by one of the distillery’s first experimental batches of whiskey, this version of their rare and flavorful style was made from the same four-grain, three-malt mash bill as …

Owensboro’s Green River Adds Cask Strength, Single Barrel And Wheated Bourbon

Green River Distilling, located in Owensboro, Kentucky, has expanded its brand with a new expression: Green River Kentucky Straight Wheated Single Barrel Bourbon. Presented at barrel strength, ranging from 110 to 130 proof (55 – 65 percent alc. by vol.) by batch, the new expression is aged a minimum of five years. The wheated mash …

Four Roses Single Barrel Collection Offers Expanded Look

By Richard Thomas The club of diehard fans for Lawrenceburg’s Four Roses Distillery may be smaller than, say, Buffalo Trace, but a good argument can be made their fandom is more devoted and authentic. Four Roses gives its devotees much to latch onto, such as the brand’s almost romantic restoration story: two decades ago, it …

The Oldest Highland Park Ever Is Here. With A Five-Digit Price Tag

Highland Park, one of two distilleries on Scotland’s northerliest islands of the Orkneys, has come out with its oldest single malt to date: 56 years old. Highland Park 56 was created from a never-before-tasted cask, making it not just ultra-aged but also a single cask. Only 170 bottles of Highland Park 56 have been created …

Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey Review

Updated January 19, 2025 By Richard Thomas Average Rating: B   While working up a feature on the 2025 release of a Single Barrel Collection by Four Roses, one containing four of the ten bourbon variants the distillery makes, I realized that our review for Four Roses Single Barrel was published in 2011 and last …

Jim Beam Starts Private Barrel Program For Regular Consumers

Jim Beam has started the Beam Private Barrel Club, a community of whiskey fans and enthusiasts who, for the first time, can buy and personalize their own single barrel directly from the distillery, creating an entirely new way to experience the iconic distiller. Knob Creek will be the featured, inaugural brand to launch the program …

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