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Hotaling & Co., the San Francisco-based leading importer and distiller of Old Potrero, has introduced a descendant from the A.H. Hirsch brand, The Horizon Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Further Hirsch releases will follow in 2021 The Horizon combines two distinct straight bourbons distilled in Lawrenceburg, IN (MGP). Each batch is intended to be a separate blend in and of itself, representing ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Hard on the heels of the return of the classic Knob Creek 9 Year Old Small Batch Bourbon, Jim Beam has gone one better and introduced Knob Creek 12 Year Old as a permanent brand extension. Five years after the bourbon world went hysterical with talk of a shortage that was going to wipe all ...

By Andrew Graham Grade: B- Based 10 miles east of Great Salt Lake in Utah, Ogden’s Own Distillery is perhaps best known in their region for its portfolio of Porter’s flavored whiskies. It also makes vodka and gin, and it now sells a rye, which is sourced from MGP in Indiana. Porter’s Small Batch Rye uses the popular MGP rye ...

Irish Distillers, producer of some of the world’s best loved Irish whiskeys, today announced the appointment of Kevin O’Gorman as the new Master Distiller at Midleton Distillery. Kevin takes on the role from Brian Nation, who has served as Master Distiller since 2013. Brian is set to take on the role of Master Distiller at a startup distillery in the ...

By Douglas Fraser Grade: C+ New Riff Distilling was established in 2014 in Newport, KY, across the Ohio River from Cincinnati. This medium-sized distillery is independently owned, committed to the standards set by the Bottled in Bond Act of 1897, and to bottling without any chill filtration. They draw their water from a private well, which they drilled under their ...