Corrected January 13, 2020 By Emily Mullis Rating: C Aged twice in charred, new oak barrels, Cask and Crew’s double-baked straight rye whiskey is light, but full of flavor. If you are a fan of Canadian whisky, this is one to try. Bottled in Rochester, New York by Roc House Brands, it’s 100% Canadian Rye. It was a little confusing ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Brimstone builds on Balcones’s inaugural effort, Baby Blue. One of the earliest hits of the craft whiskey scene, Baby Blue’s major innovation was being a corn whiskey made entirely from Hopi blue corn. Taking the same distillate, the distillery then smokes it with Texas scrub oak. The usual process for smoking whiskeys is to smoke ...

Corrected February 8, 2022 By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Balcones is one of the most prominent names in the American craft whiskey scene. A trailblazer in micro-distilling from a state that would become a perennial contender for America’s third whiskey state (after Kentucky and Tennessee). They started distilling in 2009, and although Garrison Brothers started production first, Balcones beat them ...

By Kyle Doran Moonshine has been making a significant comeback over the last decade. Traditionally, the drink has held the stigma of the peasantry, the work of rural farmers and mountain people set to quickly turn corn into a good time and a cash product. However, that stigma has receded in recent years. Rich with fascinating history, hipsters and connoisseurs ...

By Richard Thomas One of my periodic projects is taking some of the more disappointing whiskeys that I come across and finding a way to recover them. My staple move is to try some home blending, which is especially useful in cases where a whiskey is sub-par because it is overwhelmed by one or more strong flavors. However, at The ...