By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Founded in 2015, Still Austin Whiskey Co. entered what was already a crowded small distillery scene in the Lone Star State. When I began covering Texas craft whiskey in 2011, there were already several distilleries with in-house products on the market; that sector has only continued to grow in the years since, with new entrants ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Two of the most exciting newcomers to Kentucky’s whiskey industry are Bardstown Bourbon Company (BBCo) and Copper & Kings. The former’s position as a leading contract distiller means they are very, very busy; the latter doesn’t actually make whiskey, but their barrel stock winds up being used in so many top notch finishes. The latest ...

By Emily Mullis Rating: C+ With so many whiskey pioneers out there it can be hard to keep up with who started what, and every county seems to have its own leading trailblazer who has stamped their name on the ledger of whiskey history. What makes this fun for distillers and whiskey connoisseurs is that no matter the pioneer, the ...

Barrell Craft Spirits (BCS), the award-winning independent blender and bottler of unique aged, cask-strength sourced whiskey and rum, has unveiled its most recent Bourbon release from the Barrell Craft Spirits Line, a special blend of straight bourbon whiskeys matured for 15 years. Distilled in Indiana, Kentucky, and Tennessee, this ultra-premium limited release was crafted and bottled in Kentucky at peak ...

Lost Lantern, a new independent bottler of American whiskey, is excited to announce the addition of four hand-selected single casks to their initial release lineup. These highly limited, one-of-a-kind single casks consist of unique and deeply expressive whiskies produced by some of the finest distilleries in the United States. “We wanted our first round of single casks to encourage whiskey ...