By Kenrick Thurston-Wilcox Rating: B- With American Single Malt most likely becoming a legally recognized category, it seems Jack Daniel’s is trying to cash in on the hype. Tennessee whiskey is bourbon but with an extra filtration step added before barreling: the white dog is filtered through Maple Charcoal, the charcoal pulling out impurities similar …
Puncher’s Chance has unveiled its oldest whiskey to date with the release of Puncher’s Chance Bourbon: THE LEFT CROSS. Aged for 14 years in wood rickhouses, THE LEFT CROSS was finished in freshly dumped 12-year-old Jamaican rum casks for two to six months – an extremely rare finish for a bourbon at this maturity. The …
The Jack Daniel Distillery introduces Distillery Series selection #10, a Straight Tennessee Whiskey finished with toasted pecan wood chips. Selected by longtime Jack Daniel’s employee Randy “Goose” Baxter, it is the latest in Jack Daniel’s line of experimental whiskeys and is now available at the White Rabbit Bottle Shop at the Jack Daniel Distillery and …
Understanding the various whiskey flavor profiles and how they were created will help you better understand whiskey and its diverse flavors. Following that, you’ll be able to pick whiskeys depending on your preferences. Although many businesses are now selling white whiskey, whiskey is a transparent liquid without any distinctive whiskey characteristics before it is placed …
By Richard Thomas Rating: A My first thought when I read about the Old Fitz Bonded coming out this season looked back on when the series was first launched, and how the croakers derided the series as a rip-off, complaining that one of their old favorites had been replaced by an ordinary bourbon with a …
Blue Run Spirits has released the second rye whiskey in their line-up, Blue Run Emerald Rye Whiskey. This marks the first Blue Run Rye Whiskey to be contract distilled by Blue Run Liquid Advisor Jim Rutledge at Castle & Key Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky and the first Blue Run Rye to be bottled at barrel …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ It wasn’t until after I had already written up Mondavi’s bourbon barrel-aged Cabernet Sauvignon that I learned the winemaker has also released a rye barrel aged red wine. Bourbon barrel-aged wines are a relatively small niche on liquor store shelves, but they are very much an established thing now. Rye …
Iowa’s Templeton Distillery has shipped the 2022 Stout Cask Finish expression from their Barrel Finish Series. This Imperial Stout Cask Finish is the fourth expression in Templeton’s Barrel Finish Series, a limited-edition release sold on allocation and not to be missed. First introduced in 2019, the Barrel Finish Series focuses on utilizing unusual wood treatments …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B- West Virginia’s Smooth Ambler still has a lingering reputation for its sourced whiskeys, but those are steadily receding into the horizon as the distillery moves forward with its in-house spirits. Drinkers initially became familiar with their wheated bourbon, but the distillery also laid down some bourbon made with the traditional …
Crown Royal has released the newest, limited-edition addition to its family – Crown Royal Aged 29 Years Extra Rare Blended Canadian Whisky. This complex and beautiful blend has been patiently aged for no less than 29 years in Crown Royal’s award-winning distillery in Gimli, Manitoba. “Crown Royal 29 Year Old showcases our signature rye mash …
