By Richard Thomas Rating: C Pittsburgh’s popular Wigle Distillery made more of their Deep Cut Rye as part of their Tax Day release (appropriately enough, since the distillery is named for a Whiskey Rebellion figure). This April 2014 installation of the Monogahela Small Cask Series rye whiskey is made from an all-organic mashbill, aged for at least twelve months and ...

Updated November 25, 2018 By Richard Thomas Rating: C- One side-effect of the Brown-Forman vs. Diageo clash in Tennessee was the focus it brought to super cheap whiskey brand Early Times. Diageo’s whiskey law proposal included a provision that would have allowed it to make used barrel whiskey and call it “Tennessee whiskey,” and the only product of note on ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: C+ Updated March 24, 2014 Peter Bignell’s Belgrove Distillery occupies a niche that is presently unique not just in Australia, but in international whiskey. Bio-Diesel, farm-to-still whiskey is unusual enough, but what makes Belgrove special is that is one of two distilleries making 100% rye whiskey in a place that isn’t in North America, and the ...

By Jake Emen Rating: C Ranger Creek in Texas is both a brewery and a distillery, a “brewdistillery” as they refer to themselves, which means there is a natural potential for crosspollination between the two sides of its operation. That is what led them to take their La Bestia Aimable (The Friendly Beast, a Belgian-style dark strong ale) and transform ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: C For some reason, liquor billboard advertising in my hometown of Lexington, Kentucky is dominated by two brands. The first, Maker’s Mark, is unsurprising. The other was Crown Royal. I have never quite understood why Canadian whisky has been so heavily advertised for so long in the heart of bourbon country, and certainly all those billboards ...