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We Celebrate 90 Years of Hood River Distillers with President and CEO David Ballew

Chilled Magazine

Founders Albert Peters, Edwin Pooley, and Edgar McClain began making fruit wine and brandies from the abundance of fruit in the region, taking only a brief hiatus to make industrial alcohol for the war effort. By the late 50s Hood River Distillers had begun blending and bottling spirits for distribution throughout the Pacific Northwest.

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Whiskey Review: Jeptha Creed Bottled-In-Bond Bourbon

The Whiskey Wash

We review Jeptha Creed Bottled-In-Bond Bourbon, aged at least four years and distilled from red bloody butcher corn (75%), malted rye (20%), and malted barley (5%). Jeptha Creed, introduced in 2016, is a small Kentucky craft whiskey distillery that is unique in this busy bourbon landscape in several ways.

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Review: Highland Park 18 Years Old Viking Pride (2024)

Drinkhacker

on the table, he kept going back to this bottle, the comparatively pedestrian 18-year-old. Since a rebrand around 2016, it now carries the Nordic subtitle Viking Pride, but the basic DNA of this one remains the same: matured at least 18 years in a “high proportion” of first-fill sherry-seasoned European and American oak casks.

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Whiskey Review: Jeptha Creed Red, White & Blue Kentucky Straight Bourbon

The Whiskey Wash

Jeptha Creed, introduced in 2016, is a small Kentucky craft whiskey distillery that is unique in this busy bourbon landscape in several ways. What’s in the bottle The bourbon being reviewed from their lineup here is the Jeptha Creed Red, White & Blue Kentucky Straight Bourbon. It is bottled at 100 proof and priced at $74.99.

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Review: Hennessy Master Blender’s Selection No. 5

Drinkhacker

Hennessy’s Master Blender’s Selection releases have been arriving at haphazard intervals since their 2016 launch. Master Blender’s Selection is Hennessy’s only cognac bottled at 43%. We reviewed Nos. 2 and 3 , but missed out on No. Now Master Blender’s Selection No.

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The One Bourbon You Should Bring Home From Every State

VinePair

And while it’s probably a stretch to call bourbon “America’s native spirit” — that title could equally go to apple brandy or rye whiskey — it’s certainly a distinctly American product anyone in the U.S.A. After aging, the bourbon is bottled at cask strength. The 2024 release is aged seven years and bottled at 64.2 territories.

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Amrut Whisky – The Ultimate Guide To The Indian Whisky Giant

The Whiskey Wash

India became the UK’s largest market for Scotch whisky by volume in 2022, importing 219 million bottles according to figures published by the Scotch Whisky Association (SWA). Beginning with the pioneer of Indian whisky, Amrut Distilleries , which released India’s first single malt bottling in 2004. Image via Whisky Auctioneer.

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