By Alex Southgate Rating: B In the whiskey world you hear certain names and can’t help but hope for good things. This is very much the case when it comes to Glen Moray, perhaps one of the better known Speyside distilleries. We’ll be diving into one of their 15 year old offerings today and I have to say I’m rather ...
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Old Forester 117 Turns To Old Scotch Barrels
Old Forester has announced the latest release in their 117 series: Scotch Cask Finish, a 93-proof liquid that honors George Garvin Brown’s Scottish heritage. This is an interesting twist in the usual order of things, because the vast majority of Scotch whiskies are aged in ex-bourbon barrels or casks built from ex-bourbon barrel staves. It would be interesting to know ...
Read More »Buzzard’s Roost Joins KDA
The Kentucky Distillers’ Association (KDA) today announced Buzzard’s Roost Spirits as the newest member of the non-profit trade group that unites and leads Kentucky’s signature Bourbon and distilled spirits industry. Buzzard’s Roost Spirits, established by co-founders Judith Hollis Jones and Jason Brauner, as a contract distilled brand now is also a micro distillery nestled on Whisky Row in downtown Louisville. ...
Read More »Kentucky Distillers Association Adds Grayson County Microdistillery
The Kentucky Distillers’ Association today announced General George Stillhouse in Grayson County as the newest member of the non-profit trade group that unites and leads Kentucky’s signature Bourbon and distilled spirits industry. Located in Falls of Rough, General George Stillhouse was established in 2022 by Travis Wilson, a professor at Western Kentucky University. The farm distillery is located on property ...
Read More »The African-American Bourbon Distilling Story Goes To Chapter 3
Castle & Key Distillery, in partnership with the Kentucky Black Bourbon Guild (KBBG), announces the release of The Untold Story of Kentucky Whiskey, Chapter 3 (54.3% ABV; $175 SRP); the third release in the distillery’s limited-edition series in which 100 percent of proceeds are donated to scholarship funds to support diversity, inclusion and equity within the distilling industry. Cumulative scholarship ...
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