Tag Archives: Whiskey Beer

New Holland Brewing Zeppelin Bend 10 Year Old Malt Whiskey Review

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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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 ...

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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. ...

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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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