By Douglas Fraser Grade: C- In the mountains of Vermont lies the town of Jeffersonville, home of the Smugglers Notch Distillery. Named after the famous passage through the Appalachian mountain range, Smugglers Notch was part of a number of routes used to smuggle goods, including alcohol, from Canada into the United States during a trade embargo in the early 1800s. ...

By Douglas Fraser Grade: B+ Vermont Distillers is a family-owned and -operated distillery in the town of Marlboro, Vermont. The proprietor, Edward Metcalfe, has been distilling for over 20 years, and Ed and his sons operate and conduct all business for the craft distillery. For the most part, they have been producing fruit and maple liqueurs, but the distillery is ...

Enjoy It With Canada’s Weather Canada has brought us fair access to marijuana both for recreational and medical purposes. However, most cannabis-infused products, including alcoholic beverages, are still illegal to sell and purchase. The new regulations of Health Canada about marijuana legalization is too limited and excludes cannabis-infused alcohol. Instead of buying to your local LCBO for a ready-made bottle, ...

By Randall H. Borkus Rating: C- Bearcat Bourbon is bottled by Bearcat Infused Bourbon. This is a NAS whiskey bottled at 80 Proof (40% ABV) and distilled by OZ Tyler Distillery in Owensboro, Kentucky, and bottled in Missouri. The plan is for all operations to be moved to Kentucky later this year. The OZ Tyler Distillery Bourbon Whiskey mash bill is ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: C- Mesquite whiskeys are hardly anything new. The wood is a staple of barbecue in the Southwest, and it’s flavor had appeared in all manner of foods and drinks in the American Southwest prior to the first mesquite-smoked bourbons and American malts appearing some years ago. Still, that is an American, and particularly Southwestern, thing. The ...