By Kenrick Thurston-Wilcox Rating: C+ Established in 2013, Copperworks was founded by 2 men, Jason Parker and Micah Nutt. Both possessing a background in craft brewing, they decided to try their hand at distilling once it became legal in Washington state. They chose to start with a craft beer wash instead of a normal distillers wash, still a novel practice ...
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Broken Barrel Small Batch Bourbon Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: C- As covered in previous Broken Barrel reviews, the company’s gimmick is stave inserts, which they have trademarked as an “Oak Bill.” This puts a particular twist on the secondary maturation process, commonly referred to as finishing. Whereas conventional finishing involves transferring the whiskey from its original, primary cask to another cask so as to acquire ...
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By Richard Thomas Rating: C New Basin really does put the farm into the farm-to-glass and “farm distillery” concept, since the Madras, Oregon distillery is actually located on a farm. They have 400 acres of their own, which they use to furnish grain for their mash. Whereas the Light Whiskeys, Strong and Strongest, in their line up are at least ...
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By Richard Thomas Rating: C- New Basin Distilling Company is found out in Madras, Oregon, and they’ve been around since 2012. The folks there also seem to be keenly aware that to stand out in a craft whiskey market that has (even after the pandemic) several hundred producers, they need to go where the competition ain’t. They have a wheat ...
Read More »Kamiki Cedar Cask Finished Japanese Whisky Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: C+ February 2021 saw the first-ever major reform in Japanese Whisky law, which was rather notorious in world whisky circles for having essentially no laws. When it came to Japanese Whisky, one could count on the two giants of Suntory and Nikka doing things in keeping with international standards, out of respect for tradition and protecting ...
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