By Richard Thomas Rating: B New Holland Brewing of Holland, Michigan is one of the many brewers occupying the “brewstillery” niche, taking advantage of the fact that in its early stages, malt whiskey and beer are basically the same thing. All it requires for a brewer to make malt whiskey (the brewery also makes their own beer-barrel finished bourbon and ...
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Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Peppermint Porter Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Something to look out for in Kentucky (and certain areas where it is distributed) when the Holidays season rolls around again is a bourbon barrel ale from Lexington Brewing and Distilling Company, the beer side of which is better known as Kentucky Ale. I spied a four-pack of this stuff in the liquor store in ...
Read More »Dr. Pearse Lyons Lionized By Irish Whiskey Association
The late Dr. Pearse Lyons, founder of Town Branch Distillery, Lexington, Kentucky, was honored with a Chairman’s Award by Drinks Ireland | Irish Whiskey on Thursday. He is the first to receive recognition in Ireland and the United States for his outstanding contribution to both the Irish Whiskey and Kentucky bourbon industries. Lyons was recognized by the Irish Whiskey Association ...
Read More »Rogue Starts New Single Barrel American Malt Series
Rogue Ales & Spirits has launched a Single Barrel Project whiskey series, a limited-series of one-off single barrels of Rogue whiskey that have been finished in unique ways. Rogue is the only farmer-brewer-distiller-cooper in the United States and because of this, Rogue is able to handcraft innovative products such as this Single Barrel Project at their headquarters in Newport, Oregon. ...
Read More »Black Butte American Malt Whiskey Review
By Andrew Graham Grade: B+ Let’s start off by getting technical. Scotch-makers must use 100% malted barley in their mash bill. U.S. regulations, by contrast, permit a spirit that’s just 51% malted barley to be labeled as malt whiskey. So this American malt might taste more like a bourbon, that American malt might taste more like a rye, and it ...
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