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By Emma Briones Only a few weeks ago it was just a rumor, one only recently confirmed by British drinks giant Diageo. There is a new Johnnie Walker in town: it wears black and it is called ‘The Jane Walker Edition’. This new limited edition has supposedly created to honor Women’s History Month and the International’s Women Day. Despite that ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Although the Rye Craze, with its attendant shortages of even that bargain shelf classic Old Overholt, may be several years in the past, the Rye Revival is still ongoing. That revival has brought a moribund class of American Whiskey back to life, and in so doing breathed life into extinct styles, such as the Pennsylvania ...

By Debbie Shocair Rating: A- In the heart of Pasadena, California, there is a micro-distillery that, in my mind, epitomizes the American Craft Whiskey movement. There, husband and wife team Greg and Karen Stark operate a distillery in a mere 1,100 square foot space in a business park that sits in the shadows of the San Gabriel Mountains. No. Really. ...

Updated May 3, 2018 By Father John Rayls Average Rating: B- I love the name “Redwood Empire American Whiskey,” as it conjures up all kinds of positive, historic images in my mind. So kudos to Graton Distilling Company, based in Sonoma County, California, for thinking of that! Graton is also behind D. George Benham’s Sonoma Dry Gin and a similarly ...

Brown-Forman has found itself lobbying the Tennessee State House again, but this time it isn’t defending it’s 2013 Whiskey Law. Instead, the company is defending itself from a measure similar in effect to Kentucky’s unpopular ad valorem tax on whiskey barrels. According to the AP, a Moore County auditor determined that barrels of whiskey maturing in the county were taxable ...