The Whiskey Wash

MAY 2, 2024

(image via Hard Truth Distilling) Editor’s Note: We received a review sample of this whiskey from the brand. Since its start in distilling back in 2015, Indiana’s Hard Truth distillery has primarily focused on being a whiskey producer, more specifically, a maker of bourbon. per 750 ml bottle.

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Cheers

APRIL 23, 2024

Lux Row Master Distiller/Master Blender John Rempe marks a decade of Blood Oath with the launch of Pact 10 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. The first Trilogy — featuring Pacts 1, 2 and 3 — released in 2018. The post Blood Oath Pact 10 Bourbon Whiskey appeared first on Cheers. proof (49.3%

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The Whiskey Wash

JULY 17, 2024

(image via Heaven Hill) Editor’s Note: We received a review sample of this whiskey from the brand. As it now does twice a year, going back for the first time to 2018, Heaven Hill likes to bring to market its Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond offerings.

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The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 9, 2024

image via MGP) Editor’s Note: The party behind this whiskey gave us a review sample. Penelope Bourbon, founded in 2018, is a popular sourced American whiskey label originally named after founder Mike Paladini’s daughter. The whiskey being reviewed here, Penelope Bourbon Tokaji Cask Finish , is one of those.

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 1, 2024

We review Hard Truth Sweet Mash Bourbon, the next chapter in an Indiana whiskey producer known for its sweet mash style. image via Hard Truth Distilling) Editor’s Note: We received a review sample of this whiskey from the brand. Read the full article at Whiskey Review: Hard Truth Sweet Mash Bourbon per 750 ml bottle.

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Drinkhacker

DECEMBER 15, 2023

We’ve tempered our taste for four-figure spirits this time around, and while most of the whiskeys we picked for 2023 cost more than $100, only one lands in what we’d consider unicorn territory. As always, we’re revealing one whiskey each day over the next 10 days until we hit #1 on Christmas Eve. Want more selections?

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The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 21, 2024

(image via Heaven Hill) Editor’s Note: We received a review sample of this whiskey from the brand. What’s in the bottle Before this year, only two VVS offerings had been made available: the VVS 2018 14-year-old and VVS 2020 16-year-old. ” This bourbon, aged 13 years and bottled at 100 proof, comprises 13-year-old barrels.

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The Whiskey Wash

APRIL 25, 2024

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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The Whiskey Wash

FEBRUARY 20, 2024

New American whiskeys to hit the market in the past week include a new experimental range from Heaven’s Door, a club release from Westward Whiskey, and a collaboration with baseball stars from Maker’s Mark. Heaven’s Door was founded in 2018. Westward Whiskey chose the latter. for a 750ml bottle. for a 750ml bottle.

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The Whiskey Wash

JANUARY 26, 2024

Editor’s Note: This whiskey was provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. California’s renowned Napa Valley is known much more for world-class wine than whiskey. Phinney’s operation, known as Savage & Cooke , opened on the historic Mare Island back in 2018.

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The Whiskey Wash

JANUARY 12, 2024

Editor’s Note: This whiskey was provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. California’s renowned Napa Valley is known much more for world class wine versus whiskey. Phinney’s operation, known as Savage & Cooke , opened on the historic Mare Island back in 2018.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 3, 2024

When Bespoken Spirits founder Martin Janousek asked Jordan Spitzer to come try some whiskey out of his garage, Spitzer wasn’t sure what to expect. But out of the several batches Spitzer (now Bespoken’s Head of Flavor) tried that day in 2018, a handful weren’t so bad. The whiskey stays in the vacuum vessel anywhere from 22 to 26 hours.

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The Whiskey Wash

JUNE 14, 2024

Irish whiskey is seeing a boom in popularity in overseas markets, with the USA seeming to have a particular love of spirit from the Emerald Isle. As such, the competition for medals at the 2024 San Francisco World Spirits Competition (SFWSC) was fierce in the Irish whiskey category. Read up on other award-winning whiskeys here.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 1, 2024

” The Basil Hayden 10 Year Old first hit the shelves in December 2018, and very quickly became a popular expression. This American oak maturation imbues the whiskey with flavors of caramel and vanilla. As the brand website promises: “You never forget your first sip of Basil Hayden.”

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The Whiskey Wash

MAY 3, 2024

(image via Hard Truth) Editor’s Note: We received a review sample of this whiskey from the brand. Since its start in distilling back in 2015, Indiana’s Hard Truth distillery has primarily focused on being a whiskey producer, more specifically, a maker of bourbon. per 750 ml bottle.

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 17, 2024

The bourbon , which the Beam Suntory-owned distillery first launched in December 2018, has historically only been released in limited quantities on an annual basis. But due to popular demand, the esteemed whiskey will now be available for purchase year-round.

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Good Spirits News

MARCH 2, 2024

The 2024 release of the Heaven Hill Heritage Collection is an 18-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Bottled without chill filtering, this 120 proof Whiskey showcases a Bourbon mashbill of 78% corn, 10% rye and 12% malted barley. With this exclusive collection, they are now able to share their oldest Whiskeys each year.

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VinePair

AUGUST 6, 2024

ZX Ventures, AB InBev’s growth and innovation unit, completed the initial purchase for an undisclosed amount in April 2018. Today, the site is widely regarded as the top whiskey retailer in the world, offering thousands of spirits across a handful of spirits categories including whiskey, rum, and gin.

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The Whiskey Wash

AUGUST 30, 2024

Marlene Holmes has worked in the whiskey industry for 34 years. Credit: Milam & Greene Whiskey Marlene Holmes, Master Distiller at Milam & Greene Whiskey , has been named ‘Master Distiller of the Year’ at the second annual Women of Whiskey (WOW) Awards. And guess what?

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Drinkhacker

JULY 19, 2024

Two big new releases from Utah’s High West, starting with its first bonded whiskey ever, a recognition of its (slow but) steady transition to in-house distillate. Two big new releases from Utah’s High West, starting with its first bonded whiskey ever, a recognition of its (slow but) steady transition to in-house distillate.

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The Whiskey Wash

OCTOBER 4, 2024

This most recent expansion is the latest proof point in our commitment to deliver the highest quality, most consistent whiskey available to custom distilling customers in Kentucky. In fact, the plant now uses 30% less energy than it did in 2018 by capturing and redistributing heat produced during distillation.

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Imbibe Magazine

OCTOBER 7, 2024

In addition to an expansive whiskey collection, Uisce also preserved its original, custom-made mahogany bar. In 2018, Goods Produce opened the taphouse on the same property as their farm stand, with an enclosed bar for cold months, expansive beer garden, and multiple food trucks on site.

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Drinkhacker

JUNE 24, 2024

We’ve only occasionally grazed on their offerings over the years since 2018, and all our reviews are of limited expressions (e.g. 2018 Bourbon , 2019-2020 whiskey roundup , 2021 Tiz Rye Time ).

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VinePair

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Louisville, Kentucky’s Speed Art Museum just announced the lineup for its seventh annual Art of Bourbon auction — and it’s stacked with some of the whiskey world’s most sought-after bottles. These rare whiskeys can make a huge impact on one of our country’s best art museums. We have the vintage and rare, and the new and unique.

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The Whiskey Wash

FEBRUARY 16, 2024

Credit: Heaven’s Door Heaven’s Door, an American whiskey brand founded by Bob Dylan and Marc Bushala, has announced a new venture named The Exploration Series. The first release in the series is a five year old Tennessee whiskey that was finished in Calvados casks and toasted oak staves. The whiskey is bottled at 54% ABV.

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The Whiskey Wash

SEPTEMBER 14, 2024

Japanese whisky-loving hearts broke in 2018 when it was announced that Hibiki would be discontinuing its beloved 17 Year Old expression. This Kacho Fugetsu whisky is available on The Whiskey Wash Shop for less than $2,300. Suntory cited a shortage of aged stocks, forcing production of the age-statement expression to stop.

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The Whiskey Wash

SEPTEMBER 12, 2024

On offer will be some of the finest and rarest bourbons and American whiskeys ever to hit the secondary market. The auction presents extremely unique opportunities for bourbon lovers and collectors to purchase some of the rarest whiskeys in the world. These rare whiskeys can make a huge impact on one of our country’s best art museums.

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Drinkhacker

JULY 25, 2024

It wasn’t until 2018 that they began distilling their own whiskeys, including Fortitude Bourbon, which debuted earlier this year as the company’s first house-distilled expression and its first bourbon offering. Templeton made its modern name in the late aughts with sourced rye, a tribute to the brand’s pre-Prohibition heritage.

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The Whiskey Wash

JULY 28, 2024

Eagle Rare 25 Year Old is an ultra-aged bourbon whiskey, notable as the oldest expression released from the Eagle Rare brand portfolio. Buffalo Trace Distillery is home to numerous bourbon and whiskey brands. The limited-edition bourbon was bottled at 101 proof (50.5% In 1992, the then-named George T. The Mash Bill No.1

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Cheers

OCTOBER 11, 2024

These include the Signature Legends Collection, with its inaugural “Legacy Blend #1” created in partnership with Foursquare Rum’s Master Blender Richard Seale; and the Signature Cask Collection, featuring five aged rums each finished in barrels previously used to mature whiskeys from the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection.

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Chilled Magazine

MAY 28, 2024

Her impressive achievements include being named the 2023 American Whiskey Brand Ambassador of the Year and has earned the title of “Best U.S. She was recognized as a semifinalist for Tales of the Cocktail’s American Bartender of Year in 2018 and 2019 and a finalist for American Bartender of the Year in 2020 and 2022.

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Old Liquors Magazine

SEPTEMBER 19, 2023

As Whiskey has resurfaced as one of the hottest, fastest-growing spirits, it seems that casks and barrel-aging itself has grown almost exponentially on top of that: barrel-aged beer and barrel-aged mixed cocktails are now more the norm than not, almost as if it is a new craft standard. It’s the make-or-break.

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The Whiskey Wash

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

The Origins Of The Basil Hayden 10 Year Old The Basil Hayden 10 Year Old was first released in December 2018, and quickly became a holiday favorite for many bourbon lovers. The rich caramel and vanilla notes in the bourbon can be best tasted when the whiskey is served neat or on the rocks.

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Cheers

APRIL 2, 2024

Although bourbon has been the big story in North American whiskey, Canada has a long history of producing original and creative whisky. Canada hasn’t shared in the modern whiskey resurgence, however, even though some of the biggest and best-selling brands are Canadian whiskies. In a word, blending. in 2022, ending the year at 17.4

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Drinkhacker

APRIL 20, 2024

Since 2018, there have only ever been two other VVS releases, including VVS 2018 14-year-old and VVS 2020 16-year-old — neither of which we reviewed. The 2024 edition will be available on an allocated basis as an exclusive Kentucky release to select retailers and the Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience in Bardstown.

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Drinkhacker

DECEMBER 13, 2023

Yellowstone Bourbon Special Finishes Collection – Toasted – The first thing I learned with this whiskey (four years old, by the by) is that you don’t get very far nosing small samples of dry wood. Imagining how one would impact a finished whiskey is hard enough. Let’s taste both. 100 proof. 101 proof.

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VinePair

OCTOBER 9, 2024

Myers’s, which was acquired by the Sazerac Company in 2018, has leaned into more experimental releases in recent years as the brand aims to revolutionize rum production, similarly to how Sazerac did with whiskey.

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