By Debbie Shocair Rating: B Right from the heart of moonshine country, Franklin County, Virginia, comes a new member of the American Craft Corn Whiskey movement. Franklin County Distillery’s (FCD’s) White Label Corn Whiskey builds on the reputation that authentic bootleggers built, and claims to offer a “true taste of history and heritage in every bottle.” Corn whiskey can be ...
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Wilderness Trail Distillery’s First Bourbon Is Near
Wilderness Trail Distillery, located in off the beaten bourbon tourism track in the quiet college town of Danville, Kentucky, has announced they intend to release their first bourbon on April 28. That coincides with the annual Taste of Danville festival and precedes the Kentucky Derby. “While our goal is to age much longer, these are special barrels that really shined ...
Read More »Wigle Deep Cut Bottled in Bond Rye Whiskey Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Last year, Pittsburgh’s Wigle Distillery turned five. One of the things they did last year to mark that anniversary was release a Bottled in Bond version of their Deep Cut Rye. Thus Wigle joins a broadening group of craft distilleries that have the kind of aged stock on hand to do a Bottled in Bond ...
Read More »Highland Park Valkyrie Scotch Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B Orkney-based distillery Highland Park rebranded their core range last year, and in doing so they fully embraced the Viking theme that had characterized their limited edition releases. Now everything is Norse at Highland Park, even if it doesn’t have a Norse name attached to it, because of the sexy bottling. One item that does have ...
Read More »Seven Peat-Free Single Malts To Try
By Richard Thomas Whenever I ask someone who enjoys Bourbon or Irish Whiskey why they don’t like Scotch, the answer is most often “because it’s smoky.” That perception likely comes from the use of certain smoky whiskies to add character to the big brand name blends, such as Johnnie Walker, and if it doesn’t it’s then because some of the ...
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