By Richard Thomas Richard Thomas, Owner-Editor I handed out a personal record of six A grades in 2020, but not a single A+, which makes both Best New Whiskey and Best To Pass My Lips hard calls to make. Frankly, my choices are easily interchangeable. Both were wonderful and both were released during 2020. Just a hair behind the two ...

Support Your Favorite Craft Distillers Through Their Canned & Bottled Cocktails By Richard Thomas The covid-19 vaccine may be in distribution, but like a case of Pappy van Winkle, that doesn’t necessarily mean you’ll be able to get any anytime soon. We’re all set for a long pandemic winter, and if your state hasn’t already tightened its restrictions, that is ...

Castle & Key Distillery  has unveiled Restoration Rye, the first whiskey from the Castle & Key team since its founding in 2014. The highly anticipated release pays tribute to the restoration of the historic property, which was once the iconic Old Taylor Distillery, originally built over a century ago. Alongside the Restoration Rye, Castle & Key will also release Roots ...

Catoctin Creek Distilling Co. is excited to partner with monster metal rock band GWAR for the SICKEST rye whisky release of 2021. Launching in February, Catoctin Creek Ragnarök Rye is a 92-proof rye whisky aged in charred new white oak, then sugar maple and cherrywood. The new release is priced at $99. Truly, there is nothing else in the vast ...

Sampling Prime Choices From The Biggest Single Whisk(e)y Auction Lot Ever By Andrew Graham Whisky Auctioneer, a Scotland-based platform for buying and selling whisky and other spirits on the secondary market, held a private tasting October 15th call attention to the the auction of “Pat’s Whiskey Collection,” billed as the largest private gathering of bottles ever put on the block. ...