Kentucky’s sole “brewstillery,” Lexington Brewing & Distilling (also known as Town Branch Distillery and Lexington Brewing Co.) has a new release: Town Branch Imperium MMXXIV Kentucky Straight Bourbon. This special annual release features a new wheated bourbon mash bill, comprising 50% of the blend, along with only the finest barrels hand-selected for this year’s blend. …
Bardstown, Kentucky-based Lux Row Distillers is expanding its Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey family with the release of Lux Row Small Batch PX Sherry Cask Finish. The new release is crafted from small batches of 4-year-old ryed straight Kentucky bourbon finished for six months in casks that held PX Sherry, an intensely rich and sweet wine …
Cream of Kentucky proudly introduces its latest offerings: the 2024 Cask Strength Bourbon and the 2024 Small Batch Bourbon. These releases mark a new chapter for the brand, showcasing exceptional craftsmanship and delivering distinctive bourbon experiences. 2024 Cask Strength Bourbon The 2024 Cask Strength Bourbon features a bold proof of 114, offering a rich, uncut …
By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Both as an enthusiast and as a writer, I’m grateful that not all of American Whiskey’s annual bottle hunter targets come out in the white hot autumn release season. Summer, for example, sees the release of the very popular Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition. This year’s release is a …
By Richard Thomas Rating: A Once one gets past their regular release line-up and into its limited expressions, Michter’s Distillery is not in the habit of doing annual batches. As I will discuss in detail in two weeks with a feature rounding-up the best of Michter’s Barrel Proof Rye, these things could come out the …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ When Shane Baker and Pat Heist set out to get into the business of making whiskey (as the owners of Ferm Solutions consultantcy, they already had a foothold in the whiskey business generally), they had two wants. Both men are self-confessed whiskey nerds at a time when whiskey nerds in …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ As Wilderness Trail co-founders Shane Baker and Pat Heist have declared many times, they were both huge bourbon nerds before embarking on making their own whiskey. Like many bourbon nerds, they had a fixation on wheated bourbon. On top of that, Baker’s grandmother was once employed at that temple of …
There is more to Japanese Whisky than just Nikka and Suntory, such as Hatozaki. Now available in the US is the Hatozaki Omakase Rye Third Edition Mizunara Cask Finish for a suggested retail price of $95 (750ml), the new limited-edition expression showcases the profound aging and finishing techniques of Kimio Yonezawa, 4th generation Master Distiller …
By Randall H. Borkus Rating: B- The brothers Ben and David Holladay founded the Blue Springs Distillery in 1856a, it was at a limestone well supposedly discovered by Lewis and Clark. The distillery changed hands multiple times; first to George Shawhan, who renamed it the Shawhan Distillery in 1900; again in 1936 to become the …
The Glasgow Distillery has released a trio of single malt whiskies finished in Cognac, Tokaji and Innis & Gunn Golden Beer casks for their small-batch series. The Glasgow 1770 Triple Distilled Cognac Cask Finish was matured a minimum of five years, initially in ex-bourbon casks for nearly three of those years before being finished for […]
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