In The Midst Of The Bourbon Boom And The Rye Revival, All Eyes Are On American Malts As “The Next Big Thing.” What Happened To Wheat Whiskey? By Richard Thomas When Heaven Hill introduced Bernheim Original Wheat Whiskey in 2005, I first took note of it during a visit to My Old Kentucky Home, and the novelty immediately caught my ...

Anchor Distilling first dedicated itself to recreating the original rye whiskies of old in 1994 with the creation of Old Potrero. The first release of an Old Potrero whiskey followed in 1996, so this year marks the 20th anniversary. Yesterday, Anchor marked this milestone by announcing the release of Old Potrero Hotaling’s 16 Year Old Single Malt Rye Whiskey, a ...

This December 2016, Michter’s Distillery will be releasing its Celebration Sour Mash Whiskey for the first time in three years. It is to be the last Celebration release blended by Willie Pratt before his retirement as Michter’s Master Distiller and his transition to Michter’s Master Distiller Emeritus. To make this 2016 Celebration Whiskey, Mr. Pratt selected his very favorite stocks ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Barrell Bourbon had already released a handful of their signature cask strength bourbons when they released their first “American Whiskey.” Writing up Barrell Whiskey Batch 001 had been on my to-do list for a while, so much so that I actually got to the Sherry cask-finished Batch 002 before writing up the original. The result ...

By Debbie Shocair Rating: A- I have to admit that, after all the research I had done about Indian “whisky,” I wasn’t expecting much from Amrut. I knew Amrut was a single malt brand, but most Indian whisky is a blend a lot of a liquor very similar to rum. But I delved a little deeper into Amrut (conversing with ...