Mississippi River Distilling Company, often abbreviated as “MRDC,” established itself in LeClaire Iowa. Visitors to the Quad Cities area can stop by, enjoy sweeping views of the middle Mississippi from the distillery while sipping on whiskey, and then go up the road to check out the home base of the antique hunters made famous on American Pickers. The distillery has ...

The fingerprints of legendary whiskey man Dave Pickerell, cover so many thing in modern whiskey distilling, from being a key player in creating the expansion plan Maker’s Mark has now successfully implemented twice to advising so many craft whiskey start-ups. Keeping in mind that he was working right up to the day of his passing this past November, his legacy ...

Sam Bronfman, or “Mister Sam,” as he was sometimes known, was one of the key authors of the modern day distilled spirits industry. Despite his humble origins as an immigrant to Canada from Imperial Russia in the late 1800s, Bronfman would go on to propel Seagram into what was once the largest and most successful distilled spirits company in the ...

Leopold Brothers, the Colorado-based distillery that is probably best known for its interest in recreating Maryland-style rye whiskey, started construction of a new malting facility last week. Having acquired a space behind their existing facility, they have begun building what will become a multi-story, 24,000 square-foot malting house. The result should increase the malting capacity of Leopold Brothers ten times ...

Knappogue Castle Irish Whiskey has announced the launch of the second iteration in their new Cask Finish Series, this being a 12 Year Old Single Malt Irish Whiskey finished in Marco De Bartoli Marsala Casks from the region of Samperi in Sicily on Italy’s western-coast. With only 1,020 bottles set for production, the new limited release is expected to hit ...