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Today, the New York State Distillers Guild, the trade association of distilled spirits producers in New York State, releases its 2020 Economic Impact Study of the New York State Distilled Spirits Industry. Prepared by John Dunham & Associates (JDA), the study evaluates the contributions of New York’s distilling industry from 2019- June 2020 across several focus areas, including manufacturing, agriculture, tourism, ...

By Richard Thomas I wouldn’t say country music and whiskey are synonymous, not even in the popular imagination. In my reckoning, beer gets mentioned as much, if not more, but it’s not hard to see where the notion that the song and the drink are bound together. So, when I got a chance to have a chat with Texas-born Hudson ...

By Emma Briones Rating: B+ Being around for 60 years is quite a long time, even for a whisky distillery. And a huge accomplishment if we take into account that it is located in Spain. A place where, even nowadays, it is not common to distill whisky. So, to celebrate, DYC releases the oldest Spanish single malt to date: DYC ...

By Emily Mullis Rating: B- New Riff Distilling is a band of “corporate refugees” embarked on a mission to create high-quality whiskey. Sounds typical of any small distillery, but their passion for quality and ingenuity shows in their whiskey. There are lots of “specialty” whiskeys out there and most are a bit overdone with little complexity and mostly all talk. ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Charleston, South Carolina-based Grain & Barrel Spirits has added a middle aged, limited edition expression to their Chicken Cock whiskeys, the oldest bourbon yet for the brand. Chicken Cock was founded in 1856 in Paris, Kentucky, which today is known as the home of Hartfield & Co. and the last refuge of the blue-blooded, Bluegrass ...