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Craft whiskey has brought us whiskeys made from blue and red, Bloody Butcher corn, but Mexico is awash with hundreds of varieties of corn. Some of which have been cultivated for centuries, all of which represent the region’s biological and cultural history. Today, Abasolo Ancestral Corn Whisky is proud to pay homage to this heritage with the launch of their ...

By Paer Johansson Rating: A- Irish Distillers, part of Pernod Ricard and the makers of fine Irish Whiskey such as Jameson, Midleton and “the Spots” have just released their oldest ever permanent expression of Redbreast at 27 years old. This single pot still whisky contains whisky matured in Ruby Port barrels designed to bring a new complexity and depth in ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Even before people were buzzing about “craft whiskey,” innovation was a signature characteristic of small and medium-sized American distillers. Old Potrero, for example, was doing 100% malted rye whiskey in the 1990s, when no one was doing that and there were only a few small whiskey distillers (and no brewstillers; Potrero was an outgrowth of ...

By Douglas Fraser Rating: B+ W.L. Weller Antique 107 is 1 of 6 expressions in Buffalo Trace’s Weller line. Originally owned by the Stitzel-Weller Distilling Company, the expressions are named after William Larue Weller, who was reputedly the first whiskey-maker to use wheat as the secondary grain instead of rye. * As Buffalo Trace only has one wheated bourbon mash ...

For modern whiskey enthusiasts, the brand A.H. Hirsch is best known because blogger Chuck Cowdery declared the 16 Year Old expression the “best bourbon you’ll never taste.” He wrote an entire book about the expression. That vintage bottling has become a collectable, commanding $3,400 a bottle in 2020. Today, Hotaling & Co., the San Francisco-based importer and distiller, has reintroduced ...