By Richard Thomas When I wrote the last installment of our periodic series on shoddy whiskey journalism in May, I had hoped that it would be at least 2016 before I had enough examples to compose a new chapter. Alas, it took only four months, and the blame starts with Men’s Journal and Elon Green’s “A Beginner’s Guide To Corn ...

By Father John Rayls Rating: A- Garrison Brothers Distillery, claimant as the first legal whiskey distillery in Texas, is found in the heart of the Texas Hill County. That puts it north of San Antonio, east of Luckenbach (yes… that Luckenbach) and west of Austin, near Johnson City (as in Lyndon B Johnson). It is a small craft distillery in ...

By Kurt Maitland Making a long story short, I ran into Reid Mitenbuler at a tasting. I’ve seen his work before and dove into his book right after. For me, it’s one of the best books on American whiskey that I’ve had the pleasure to read this year. I had to catch up with Reid to bombard him with questions ...

By Kurt Maitland At a recent NYC whiskey event, I had the pleasure of meeting Patricia Selznick. Patricia is an actress, producer and whiskey fan, whom you may have seen her in TV commercials or in her indie film Non-Dicktion. Patricia took some time from her busy schedule to talk to us about her career and her love of whiskey. ...

By April Manning Rating: B Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Rye is the latest Wild Turkey creation, only just released in September 2015. It is a 104 proof (52% abv), single-barrel rye whiskey. While there is no age statement found on the bottle, it is bottled at a higher proof than Russell’s Reserve 6 Year Old Rye. In order to be ...