By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Hybrid whiskeys were quite the thing several years ago. This category includes any blend made from two or more distinct types of whiskey, with the first major example in the United States probably being the reportedly accidental creation of Wild Turkey Forgiven, a bourbon-rye hybrid. Virginia Distilling Company’s initial line was composed entirely of American ...
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Israel Produces Whiskey?
Two Israeli whiskey distilleries have whiskey-lovers around the world sitting up and taking notice. Four decades after the failed attempt to produce a badly-received Ascot Special Deluxe Blended Scotch, two new groups of entrepreneurs have excited whiskey-lovers everywhere. This time, online casino bookies are giving high odds that a successful industry is being launched in the country. Golan Heights In 2016 David ...
Read More »Fable & Folly 14 Year Old Whiskey Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Reading the specifications behind the new Orphan Barrel release, Fable & Folly, makes it sound like the swan song of this Diageo-made series. Series Master Blender Andrew Mackay drew on “remaining stocks of Barterhouse, Forged Oak and various Rhetoric releases with aged rye and corn whiskies.” Knowing a bit about those past Orphan Barrels is ...
Read More »Next Round Of Laws Bonded Wheat Whiskey Out Next Month
Laws Whiskey House, the award-winning grain-to-glass distillery in Denver, today announces the fourth release of their Bottled in Bond Centennial Straight Wheat Whiskey, available in key markets starting June 1. This release meets two of the highest standards of American whiskey, Straight and Bottled in Bond. To qualify as a Straight Wheat whiskey, the spirit must be aged in a ...
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By Emma Briones Rating: B Today, almost all distilleries start by learning from others. Some do it from a distance, others ask for help directly or use whiskeys from others to learn how to mix or tune. And what it does is enrich them all. To those who learn and those who teach. Some decide to use it as an ...
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