“Always have the courage of your convictions,” was a phrase often repeated by Virginia Distillery Company’s late founder Dr. George G. Moore to reinforce the importance of believing in yourself and your ideas. Dr. Moore’s vision and credo becomes a reality with the launch of the distillery’s first American Single Malt in the “Courage & Conviction” product line this month. ...

Centennial State craft distillery Leopold Brothers already had a claim to being one of the most interesting whiskey producers in the United States when it commissioned Vendome to build it an antique-style, three-chamber still. Three-chamber stills were once a common (albeit not universal) feature of the Pennsylvania approach to making rye whiskey, and Leopold Brothers was already known for (paradoxically) ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The old timey circus bill-styled label is back, as Westland Distillery’s 2020 Annual Peat Week has come and gone, leaving behind it 590 bottles of American single malt. This being the 6th installment in the series, the pattern should be familiar to fans of either peaty whisky (usually Scottish) or American craft whiskey by now, ...

Whisky And Beer Are More Intertwined Than Ever By Richard Thomas Whisky (including Irish Whiskey and American Malt Whiskey) have a lot in common because they share similar roots. In the early stages of production, both a distillery and a brewery produce a malted barley wort. I can’t say a beer wort and a whisky wort are indistinguishable, but I ...

By Douglas Fraser On November 09, 2019, Mount Vernon hosted its new George Washington Whiskey Festival. Keeping in mind that none of the festival is held in a historic building, although some of them are part of the VIP tour, I got started with this new event. Upon entry to the museum, I was given a wristband to wear. When ...