Limestone Branch Distillery Master Distiller Stephen Beam announced the upcoming release of 2022 Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Featuring a delicately balanced blend of 7-year, 15-year and 16-year aged bourbons hand-selected by Beam and aged in Marsala Superiore casks, the latest expression of Yellowstone Limited Edition will begin to be available in September …
Bob Dylan’s portfolio of award-winning American whiskeys, Heaven’s Door Spirits, announced today the inaugural release of its Decade Series. The Decade Series is a limited collection of super-premium American whiskeys, each 10 years of age or older. The first release in the series is a high-rye 10-year-old straight bourbon whiskey. The Decade Series collection began …
By Douglas Fraser Rating: A- Barrell Craft Spirits is an independent blender and bottler of whiskeys and other spirits, based in Louisville, KY. So far, they have created 32 unique batches of their signature bourbon, all bottled at cask strength. Each release is its own different expression, as they are drawn from different distilleries, and …
This July Michter’s will ship its first and only 2022 bottling of 10 Year Rye. Michter’s Master Distiller Dan McKee commented, “Given that we’re holding back our 10 Year Bourbon until 2023, I’m especially happy to be releasing our 10 Year Rye this summer. It’s one of my very favorite releases.” When remarking on the …
Diageo, the world’s largest drinks conglomerate and owner of Bulleit, has lost its trademark dispute against Deutsch Family Wine & Spirits, owners of Redemption Whiskey. Diageo claimed that Redemption Whiskey infringed on their Bulleit trademark in 2016, when Redemption revamped the bottle and label package of their products in a way that Diageo claimed too …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B- As covered in previous Broken Barrel reviews, the company’s gimmick is stave inserts, which they have trademarked as an “Oak Bill.” This puts a particular twist on the secondary maturation process, commonly referred to as finishing. Whereas conventional finishing involves transferring the whiskey from its original, primary cask to another …
Milam & Greene Whiskey is introducing The Castle Hill Series Batch Two, the second release of its limited-edition batch of 13-year-old hand-selected straight bourbon whiskies bottled at barrel proof. The Castle Hill Series celebrates the art of batching well-aged casks, one of the many methods Milam & Greene enlists to create its award-winning range of …
Whisky creators Gordon & MacPhail have revealed a very special single malt whisky to honor the Platinum Jubilee of Queen Elizabeth II. The Gordon & MacPhail Private Collection 1952 from Glen Grant Distillery has spent the past 70 years maturing in a first fill Sherry butt, the same amount of time that Her Majesty has …
Barrell Craft Spirits (BCS), fan-favorite independent blender of cask-strength, sourced whiskey and rum, introduced BCS Gold Label Seagrass this week. The Gold Label Seagrass features 20 year old rye finished in Martinique rum, Malmsey Madeira, and apricot brandy casks. The expression was distilled in Canada, and then crafted and bottled in Kentucky at cask strength, …
Lost Lantern, an independent bottler of American whiskey that launched less than 18 months ago, is pleased to announce their Summer 2022 collection, featuring seven limited edition single casks from six celebrated craft distilleries: McCarthy’s in Oregon, Frey Ranch in Nevada, Starlight in Indiana, Dad’s Hat in Pennsylvania, St. George in California, and Balcones in Texas. …
