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We Ask Old Elk Master Distiller Greg Metze About Crafting Whiskey

Chilled Magazine

Founded by Curt Richardson in 2013, it aspired to create a portfolio of whiskeys that transcended tradition. We have our core four categories of whiskey that are quite unique and different from all others. I met Old Elk in 2012 when they ask me to craft and produce custom whiskey mash bill’s specifically for them. Tell us more.

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Country Music Star Dierks Bentley Launches Row 94 Whiskey with Green River Distilling Co.

VinePair

The inspiration behind the bourbon’s name is two-fold: the four-year-old whiskey itself is bottled at 94 proof, and 1994 was the year Bentley moved to Nashville to pursue a career in music. “A lot of years of thinking, researching and trying different whiskeys went into creating Row 94,” Bentley said in the release.

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Whiskey Review: Jeptha Creed Bottled-In-Bond Bourbon

The Whiskey Wash

(image via Jeptha Creed) Editor’s Note: We received a review sample of this whiskey from the brand. Jeptha Creed, introduced in 2016, is a small Kentucky craft whiskey distillery that is unique in this busy bourbon landscape in several ways. This bourbon is noted as being Jeptha Creed’s flagship whiskey offering.

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Whiskey Review: Popcorn Sutton Bourbon

The Whiskey Wash

We review Popcorn Sutton Bourbon, a blend of straight bourbon whiskeys blended from barrels sourced from Tennessee and North Carolina and made in honor of a legendary moonshiner. image via Ole Smoky) Editor’s Note: This whiskey was provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. They also have some aged whiskey.

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With Outryder, Wyoming Whiskey Continues to Blaze Its Own Trail

VinePair

Most American whiskey makers face a seemingly inevitable fork in the road: One path is marked “bourbon,” and the other is marked “rye.” It’s enough to keep most producers on the straight and narrow, but now and then comes a maker willing to go off-road if that means making a better whiskey. DeFazio recalls of the group consensus.

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

The Whiskey Wash

(image via Jeptha Creed) Editor’s Note: We received a review sample of this whiskey from the brand. Jeptha Creed, introduced in 2016, is a small Kentucky craft whiskey distillery that is unique in this busy bourbon landscape in several ways. It is bottled at 100 proof and priced at $74.99.

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Ezra Brooks vs. Jack Daniel’s War Of The Whiskeys

The Whiskey Wash

The Ezra Brooks bourbon whiskey brand has a short, but interesting history. 1960) – while exploring Ezra Brooks’s evolution from an imitator to an established whiskey brand. The Origins of Ezra Brooks A modern bottle of Ezra Brooks Kentucky Sour Mash Whiskey. Hoffman Distilling Co. 7, caused by surging demand.

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