By Richard Thomas When Templeton Rye launched its product several years ago, they accompanied it with a marketing campaign full of tales of Prohibition-era bootlegging and Al Capone. The company soon got itself into trouble in whiskey circles for its misleading claims of making a rye based on Iowa bootlegging recipes, when it was in fact bottling LDI’s 95% rye. ...

Chatting With The Founder of Asheville Distilling Company By Richard Thomas Asheville, North Carolina is fast becoming the new “it” town in America, and part of its draw is its location. Situated just across the state line from Smokey Mountain National Park, Asheville is surrounded with outdoor beauty and activities, a feature that has drawn plenty of people with a ...

By Jake Emen It took just a few months of operation for Lyon Distilling Company of St. Michaels, Maryland to break a 42-year streak which stood as a stain against a state with ties to whiskey distilling dating to the colonial days. When they introduced Maryland Free State Rye Whiskey, it became the first rye made in Maryland since 1972, ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: C- Although the white whiskey trend started several years ago in the then-nascent craft whiskey sector, that hasn’t stopped the big boys getting in on the act. Hence, Jim Beam’s introduction Jacob’s Ghost White Whiskey. Billed as a throwback to what the historic founder of the Beam dynasty, Jacob Beam, was making in the late 18th ...

By Richard Thomas Ole Smoky Tennessee Moonshine, the popular Gatlinburg distillery, is throwing its hat into the premium spirits market with the debut of their first barrel-aged premium product, Ole Smoky Charred Moonshine.  The initial batch will be in limited release this spring, with a run of only 3,500 cases. However distribution will be widespread, covering 49 of 50 states. ...