This site uses cookies to improve your experience. To help us insure we adhere to various privacy regulations, please select your country/region of residence. If you do not select a country, we will assume you are from the United States. Select your Cookie Settings or view our Privacy Policy and Terms of Use.
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Used for the proper function of the website
Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
Cookie Settings
Cookies and similar technologies are used on this website for proper function of the website, for tracking performance analytics and for marketing purposes. We and some of our third-party providers may use cookie data for various purposes. Please review the cookie settings below and choose your preference.
Strictly Necessary: Used for the proper function of the website
Performance/Analytics: Used for monitoring website traffic and interactions
We review Chattanooga WhiskeyBottled in Bond Spring 2020, a bourbon made in four batches of 10 barrels each, aged over four years, and sporting a complex mash bill containing multiple varieties of malted wheat and malted barley. per 750 ml bottle.
In early October, whiskey writer Frank Dobbins III visited Willett Distillery in Bardstown, Ky., Willett Distillery has long been a cult sensation among the whiskey cognoscenti. Theres even an iPhone app to help collectors track all the esoteric bottlings over the years. and posted about it on Instagram. Exceeding the Hype?
One of these days the world of whiskey is going to stop giving us the embarrassment of riches weve become accustomed to, but for now, the train is still rolling along unabated, and it seems like every week we see a new whiskey that were falling in love with. Want more selections? Check out our holiday shopping guide. Agree, disagree?
Bourbon might be known as Americas native spirit, but before it was the booming industry we know today, rye was the preferred whiskey on U.S. While the spirit may have fallen out of favor post-Prohibition, rye whiskey is back in full force, with volumes swelling in the past decade and a half.
We review Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 25th Anniversary Edition, consisting of Heaven Hill bourbon from barrels produced in September 1999, emptied in March 2013 and put away until being bottled in February 2024. image via Heaven Hill) Editor’s Note: We received a review sample of this whiskey from the brand.
The Bottled in Bond Act dates to 1897 and established strict standards of quality for American whiskey that were much needed at that point in history. But in modern America, a bottled in bond designation does not carry remotely the same weight that it did in 1897. How did they do with their bottled in bond debut?
We review Whiskey JYPSI Legacy Batch 002: The Alchemist, a Tennessee corn, Canadian rye and Indian single malt blend, each of which is over a decade old. image via Outsider Spirits) Editor’s Note: We received a review sample of this whiskey from the brand. “The same is true with making whiskey.
Batch With an emphasis that could be considered hedonism at its finest, Batch puts its focus on two things: whiskey and doughnuts. Opened in 2016 by Tucson natives Ronnie and Christian Spece, Batch boasts one of the largest whiskey collections in the state, with more than 1,000 unique labels and counting. s flagship hazy IPA.
(image via Woodinville Whiskey Co.) Editor’s Note: This whiskey was provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. Washington’s Woodinville Whiskey Co., Washington’s Woodinville Whiskey Co., Brett and Orlin filled the eight test barrels with new-make whiskey and waited.
Patricia Green Cellars is one of Oregon’s leading wine producers and now it’s getting into … whiskey! You have never encountered whiskey like these, in large part because none of them are whiskey the way you probably think about them. Why not, right? Ready or not, here we go. 100 proof. 98 proof.
Credit: Triple Dog Irish Whiskey Triple Dog Irish Whiskey is expanding US distribution to Idaho, Southern California, and Arizona. The move follows increasing demand for the award-winning whiskey following its official US launch in 2023. The Irish whiskey category has been rapidly expanding in the United States.
image via Cedar Ridge) Editor’s Note: We received a review sample of this whiskey from the brand. Iowa’s Cedar Ridge is an American whiskey distillery with some history behind it, at least by craft distilling history standards. Read the full article at Whiskey Review: Cedar Ridge The QuintEssential Portside
If there’s one thing whiskey fans love, it’s superlatives. As with any list primed to spark debate, we should outline some ground rules: The rye must be a specific bottling OR bottled within an identifiable range of years. All spirits must be American rye whiskeys. Oldest, highest proof, rarest — we covet them all.
Mark Littler shares his five tips for buying and investing in whisky bottles in 2024 Whether you’re looking at whisky bottles, luxury housing, crypto currencies or traditional stocks and shares, 2024 is an interesting time for investment markets. Macallan Private Eye is a sought after, collectable bottle with a good history.
Heaven Hill’s first 2024 release of the Old Fitzgerald bottled in bond series has arrived with extra-special vibes attached: This release commemorates the 25th anniversary of Heaven Hill acquiring the historic Bernheim Distillery (DSP-KY-1) in Louisville — and along with it the Old Fitzgerald brand. 100 proof.
I guess one way to imbue your whiskey with unicorn status is to literally put a unicorn on the top of it, as is the case with the Classic Collection bourbon bottling from the World Whiskey Society — a 2020 startup that sources whiskey from all over — and I mean all over, as you’ll soon see.
Editor’s Note: This whiskey was provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. Blue Run Spirits , based in Georgetown, Kentucky, has become known over its short existence for putting out some pretty high quality bourbon and rye whiskeys. It took some fancy footwork to get the whiskey returned apparently. for a 750ml.
Editor’s Note: The Whiskey Wash acquired this whiskey as an independent review sample not supplied by the related brand. One of the more fascinating sub-categories of whiskey these days is the so-called “cigar blend.” Read the full article at Whiskey Review: Wheel Horse Cigar Blend Bourbon
The San Francisco World Spirits Competition 2024 In this year’s competition, there were 787 Double Gold medal winners across all categories including bourbon, whiskey, gin, vodka, and liqueurs. The whiskey contains rye whiskeys aged up to 17 years old, with the youngest whiskey being 12 years old, hence the age statement.
Waterford first established its reputation producing whiskeys made with barley drawn from individual farms in Ireland, creating a brand new whiskey category: “ Single Farm Origin.” Then, in 2020, they produced their first blend, Organic Gaia 1.1 , and in 2022 The Cuvée. Lofty aspirations. Let’s give it a try. 100 proof.
In 1957, an onsite coppersmith was established at Glenfiddich constructing replicas of existing stills to equip the new Stillhouse 3 in 2020. Glenfiddich also led innovation in packaging, being one of the first brands to use the now-iconic triangular bottle design.
In 2020, generational family member Ronald Dodge, Executive Vice Chair, handed the reins of the company to industry veteran David Ballew, who was subsequently named President and CEO in 2022. By the late 50s Hood River Distillers had begun blending and bottling spirits for distribution throughout the Pacific Northwest.
Editor’s Note: This whiskey was provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. The whiskey I’m reviewing here, Westland Garryana , is the oldest of these annual releases, now being on its 8th edition. Not in a bad way, mind you, but definitely something most casual whiskey drinkers would not acclimate well to.
New American whiskey and bourbon releases include a Bottled-in-Bond expression from Chattanooga, a peated expression from Shelter Distilling, and a rum finish from Old Forester. The new straight bourbon whiskey was distilled at Chattanooga ’s Riverfront Distillery barreled from January 2020 through to June of the same year.
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?
It may be somewhat old news, but the sale of Wilderness Trail to Campari Group in late 2022 in a deal valued up to $600 million remains the biggest declared American whiskey acquisition since Jim Beam sold to Suntory in 2014 (for 16 billion). Since 2020, we’ve built 10 more 24,000 barrel rickhouses. Do you worry about that?
In new American whiskey and bourbon releases this week, Milam & Green expands its Wildlife Collection and Chattanooga bottles in bond. Distilled from a mash bill comprising 84% corn, 8% rye, and 8% malted barley, the whiskey was aged in Tennessee for six years and eight months. This whiskey soars.”
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?
In the case of most whiskeys , his aphorism holds true: Japanese whisky is a local product that is beloved outside Japan. And Irish whiskey is growing so fast it might catch up to Scotch in the U.S. But American whiskey, and bourbon in particular? Scotch is considered the standard of quality around the globe. Well, not so much.
Editor’s Note: The Whiskey Wash acquired this whiskey as an independent review sample not supplied by the related brand. One of the more fascinating sub-categories of whiskey these days is the so-called “cigar blend.” One of the more fascinating sub-categories of whiskey these days is the so-called “cigar blend.”
This gained Crown Royal the award of the World Whisky Brand Champion 2020. Bronfman allegedly experimented with over 600 blends before presenting the first bottle of the future Crown Royal in a cut glass decanter, wrapped in a regal purple velvet bag decorated with gold stitching. million cases worldwide in 2019. Unlike in the U.S.
Since then, numerous distilleries across the country have tried their hands and bottling from a single barrel. Keep one eye on The Whiskey Wash where I will bring you the 2024 results in the summer. The bourbon whiskey is aged for 10 years in a single barrel to create a silky, smooth profile for easy drinking.
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. Since the whiskey boom in the mid-2010s, some states are practically neck deep in craft bourbon. Whiskey Del Bac comes top of mind.)
Drew last reviewed the whiskey in 2020. The blend is finished for four months in Calvados casks before bottling at 55.5% Joseph Magnus’s Murray Hill Club Special Release (aka MHC-SR) line got its start back in 2017, and the company has been trickling out editions ever since.
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?
New releases in the American whiskey and bourbon categories include a Limousin finish from Garrison Brothers, a new batch from Booker’s, and a triple blend from 15 STARS. This is the fourth batch of Laguna Madre to be released, the first being in 2020 to raise funds for Team Rubicon, a nonprofit specializing in disaster response.
The Springbank Starkickers The Springbank distillery is one of the most famous and successful distilleries in Scotland, releasing high-age statement whiskies and exclusive bottlings to an audience around the world. Years or even decades later, these casks would be bottled by Springbank as private cask bottlings for members of the syndicates.
The official press release for SirDavis Whisky states that the spirit was finished, blended, and bottled in Texas. According to American whiskey legislation , the ‘Principal Place of Business’ does not necessarily indicate that this is the location of spirit production. Some of the rye whiskeys on offer from WhistlePig.
Penelope Rio The Penelope Rio is billed as “a carnival in a bottle” Credit: Penelope Bourbon Penelope Bourbon , based in New Jersey, USA, has unveiled the “carnival in a bottle” – the Penelope Rio – as part of the Cooper Series. per bottle. This spicy expression was then bottled at cask strength.
” They’re back in 2024 with another exclusive bourbon lineup for the summer (which is also on the heels of this year’s Spring 2024 series featuring whiskeys more broadly). Aged 6 years, 200 bottles produced. Aged 5 years, 200 bottles produced. 200 bottles produced. Aged 5 years, 123 bottles produced.
and Michter’s will appear in the Ultimate Bourbon Raffle, with the bottles having been donated by distilleries, collectors, and industry executives. In Partnership With Fred Minnick One of the bottles on offer is this Pre-prohibition whiskey from 1913. One of the most valuable bottles ever put out by the distillery.
The label on a JD bottle does not feature the word ‘bourbon’. In fact, the brand rather proudly calls itself ‘Tennessee whiskey’. Jack Daniel’s Can Be Bourbon There is a lot of legislation surrounding bourbon and whiskey in its many different forms. Let’s focus on bourbon whiskey and straight bourbon whiskey to start with.
Looking for more award-winning whiskeys? Check out our article on the world’s best American whiskeys, according to the World Whiskies Awards. Founded in 2012, the distillery started as a chocolate operation before expanding into whiskey blending, sourcing casks from across the US. Each whiskey is named after a famous tree.
With around 300 different Blue Label bottlings, including limited editions and variant blends, Johnnie Walker frequently collaborates with traditional and contemporary artists to create distinctive, vibrant designs. Some releases are highly exclusive, with production runs as small as 100 bottles. ABV – with only 888 bottles produced.
We organize all of the trending information in your field so you don't have to. Join 5,000+ users and stay up to date on the latest articles your peers are reading.
You know about us, now we want to get to know you!
Let's personalize your content
Let's get even more personalized
We recognize your account from another site in our network, please click 'Send Email' below to continue with verifying your account and setting a password.
Let's personalize your content