New Riff Distilling, a Northern Kentucky distillery offering a new riff on American whiskey, today announces the release of its Bourbon that has been patiently aging for four years. Distilled by an expert beer brewer-turned-distiller, New Riff Bourbon will be available in spirits retail stores, bars and restaurants beginning in Fall 2018 (SRP $39.99/750 ml). Bottled in Bond at 100 ...
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Belle Meade Marks Independence Day With Cask Strength Bourbon
Nelson’s Greenbrier, the Nashville-based distillery, is marking both the 4th of July and the birthday of the founder of the original, Charles Nelson, pre-Prohibition distillery with the release of a new bourbon. This new expression is Belle Meade Cask Strength Reserve, a blend of seven barrels of high rye bourbon (presumably MGP-sourced). The barrels in question range from 7 to ...
Read More »Wild Turkey Comes Out With A 15 Year Old Russell’s Reserve
Wild Turkey has been releasing older whiskeys in recent years, and continues that trend with the release of Russell’s Reserve 2002, hand-selected by Master Distiller Eddie Russell. This marks the first non-chill filtered, barrel proof bourbon from the venerable brand. To find the liquid for the release, this Bourbon Hall of Famer spent years searching through more than half a ...
Read More »Missouri’s Holladay Distillery Starts Making Bourbon
Holladay Distillery is counting down the days to the release of its first bourbon. The distillery underwent a $10 million renovation of its original stillhouse in 2015 and started distilling bourbon on site again for the first time in over thirty years. The origins of the distillery date back to before the Civil War, when Kentucky-born brothers Ben and David ...
Read More »Warehouse Collapses At Barton 1792, Causes Major Whiskey Spill
One side of a warehouse at Barton 1792, the Sazerac owned-distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky, collapsed on the morning of Friday the 22nd, provoking widespread consternation among bourbon enthusiasts and causing a major spill of whiskey into the local groundwater. Warehouse 30 was built in the 1940s and stored approximately 18,000 barrels. The building experienced structural failure at about 11:00 am ...
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