By Emily Mullis Rating: B Honoring a time when the now well-known whiskey distilleries were just getting started, Lux Row Distillers has crafted a unique blend of whiskeys inspired by (and are thus named after) Daviess Country Distilling Company. Dating all the way back to 1874, long before the sour days of prohibition, Daviess Country laid down a foundation for ...
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The Whisky Lockdown Hoedown
The Rhythm And Booze Project Entertain Quarantined Whisky Fans By Paer Johansson I met Felipe and Paul for the first time on the brilliant, annual whisky-festival on Islay, Scotland, about 10 years ago. They are a fun and very talented duo that at that time played their unique take on Rhythm and Blues on the festival in exchange for food ...
Read More »Brownstone 6 Year Old Malt Whiskey Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ May 2019 seems like another world to me now, but little over a year ago I was visiting in New York and took the opportunity to call upon Breuckelen Distilling. Started in 2010 by Brad Estabrooke, the distillery occupies an industrial studio, making very efficient use of a rather modest space. Despite the space constraints, ...
Read More »The Second George Dickel Bonded Hits Shelves
Last year, George Dickel entered the Bottled in Bond category by launching the brand’s Fall 2005 whisky, which earned widespread praise. Close to a year later, General Manager and Distiller, Nicole Austin, is continuing her pledge of transparency, authenticity and producing a quality whisky at an approachable price by releasing a new bottling of George Dickel’s Bottled in Bond Tennessee ...
Read More »Michter’s Poised To Release 2020 Batch Of 10 Year Old Rye
This month, Louisville based Michter’s Distillery will begin shipping the 2020 release of its 10 Year Single Barrel Rye. “This will be the only release of our 10 Year Rye this year because we continue to be in a position where we need to allocate our whiskeys,” commented Michter’s President Joseph J. Magliocco. “I am very grateful to our team for the terrific ...
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