In a sweet play on the distilling industry’s “honey barrels,” those elusive whiskey casks that have been aged to perfection, Nelson’s Green Brier Distillery in Nashville, Tennessee has issued a limited-release Belle Meade Bourbon Honey Cask Finish. It’s their second release of the Craftsman Cask series, the first of which was the Mourvèdre Cask-Finish, released by the Nelson brothers in ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- It’s my anecdotal experience, first and second hand, that Michter’s 10 Year Old is the least agreed upon expression among the sort of pricey, annual limited edition releases in American Whiskey. I wouldn’t call it divisive, because nobody actually hates it and I’m not interested in clickbait proclamations. So it’s not a question of everybody ...

By Richard Thomas Another indicator pointing to just how hot a ticket whiskey has become in America is where the festivals are popping up. Several years ago, whiskey events were found just in Kentucky and a few major cities. This year, almost every major city in America has a whiskey show to call its own, some more than one, and ...

By Richard Thomas The Derby City got its newest urban distillery earlier this week, when the ribbon was cut at Rabbit Hole Distillery, just in time for the Kentucky Derby. Rabbit Hole’s $15 million facility is located in the trendy NuLu district, on Jefferson Street. Founded in 2012 by Kaveh Zamanian and started with sourced whiskeys, created with advice from ...

Blade & Bow 22 Year Old, the ultra-aged bourbon first released in 2015 as part of the Blade & Bow brand launch, is set to get a re-release. The original Blade & Bow 22 Year Old was introduced to consumers in two different ways. First was the limited edition, age statement release, but some of the stock was also used ...