By Richard Thomas Rating: B Whereas the rye whiskeys of Kentucky barely qualify as such, with a rye content just over the 51% minimum mandated by Federal law, it’s pretty much the norm for a rye made anywhere else to have more of the primary grain in it than that. The next most common style is the MGP-made 95% rye ...

By Father John Rayls Rating: B+ Having lived much of my life in Indiana, it always seemed to me there should have been a much larger whiskey representation in both distilleries and retail product. Kentucky and (southern) Indiana have much in common culturally, but the whiskey part never got much of a footing north of the Ohio River. Of course, ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ One of the mysteries that engrosses bourbon nerds these days is just what is in a bottle of Bulleit. The company used to source it’s whiskey from Four Roses, but the demands of the Bourbon Boom meant that company needed it’s production capacity for its own products, and they terminated the supply contract with Bulleit ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Whereas most craft distillers make a handful of spirits, and some turn out a plethora of different spirits, a few focus on doing just the one thing. Dad’s Hat is an example of the latter, because the only thing they do is make Pennsylvania style rye whiskey. That isn’t to say they have only one ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Until the whiskey crash of the 1970s dealt a near death blow to what was by then a declining category, rye whiskey used to have three regional styles. On one end of the spectrum was the sweet Kentucky Rye, with it’s mash bill that just barely met Federal requirements (usually 51 to 54% rye). On ...