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New: Kentucky Peerless Distilling $1,000 Bourbon
Kentucky Peerless Distilling Company in Louisville, Kentucky, announced last week the roll out of the Series 1 program, known more […]
Tasted: Balcones Single Barrel Staff Selection
Balcones Distilling in Waco, Texas, exists in what used to be a welding studio under a bridge. The founders not […]
How Bourbons Fared at the World Whiskies Awards 2016
The World Whiskies Awards are all about taste and the results are in. At the end of the day, it’s hard to argue […]
New: Oola Discourse Three Shores Whiskey
Oola Distillery has once again turned to its very limited edition Discourse series of whiskies, which focus on bringing together uncommon […]
WhiskyFest Chicago 2016 Highlights
It was a busy night in the city. I waited 45 minutes for an Uber taxi downtown and was almost […]
WhiskyFest Chicago 2016
WhiskyFest is always a big deal in Chicago. Each year, tickets sell out in a matter of hours. People wait in […]
MASHING FLAVORS // THE GRAIN IN YOUR GLASS
At a recent spirits and bar trade show I was working a booth that featured a variety of spirits to […]
Tasted: 1792 Single Barrel Bourbon
Surely no one would say that what’s missing from the domestic spirits scene is another Kentucky bourbon. But Single Barrel […]
MAKING WHISKEY INFOGRAPHIC
Right around a year ago, we here at Distiller set about a somewhat daunting task – attempting to break the […]
Tasted: Virginia Highland Malt Whisky
You may find yourself wondering if you misread the title of this review upon first glance. Indeed, Virginia Distillery Co. […]
House Spirits of Portland Expands Operations
Portland, Oregon-based House Spirits owes its origins to beer. It’s what brought its founder Christian Krogstad to Oregon in 1991 […]
Shays’ Rebellion American Whiskey Uses Sam Adams Wash
Massachusetts-based Berkshire Mountain Distillers is a craft whiskey producer known for its collaborations with craft breweries We first saw this in […]
New: 1792 Single Barrel Bourbon
Barton 1792 Distillery recently announced that a single barrel Bourbon will be the newest edition to the limited edition expressions […]
Tasted: Bulleit Bourbon 10 Year
When I first started drinking bourbon, I didn’t know what I was doing. Mainly, I drank bourbon in Manhattans. And […]
J. Henry & Sons Bourbon – A True Wisconsin Farm Whiskey
The farm distillery. It is a romantic notion some whiskey drinkers are entranced by – this idea that the grains […]
SpiritStation the Self-Service Whiskey Machine of your Dreams
Imagine this – you are at a bar and you want to compare some whiskies side-by-side. The problem is, the bartender […]
Making The Perfect Ice For Your Whiskey Or Cocktail
You can’t really blame us. But we Americans have subjected ourselves to poor quality ice since the advent of the […]
Tasted: Yellowstone Select Bourbon
Yellowstone Bourbon has long been relegated to the status of bottom-shelf swill. One of many whiskey labels owned by spirits […]
Old Taylor Distillery Becomes Castle & Key
The Old Taylor distillery in Kentucky has a long history in bourbon lore, having first been established in 1887 and […]