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Beam Suntory has announced the release of Booker’s Batch 2018-01, also called “Kathleen’s Batch.” This release is named in tribute to Kathleen DiBenedetto who, together with founding distiller Booker Noe, helped launch the landmark Jim Beam Small Batch Bourbon Collection in the early 1990s. Back in those days, “premium, small batch bourbon” meant just Maker’s Mark and Elijah Craig 12 ...

By Emma Briones Only a few weeks ago it was just a rumor, one only recently confirmed by British drinks giant Diageo. There is a new Johnnie Walker in town: it wears black and it is called ‘The Jane Walker Edition’. This new limited edition has supposedly created to honor Women’s History Month and the International’s Women Day. Despite that ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Although the Rye Craze, with its attendant shortages of even that bargain shelf classic Old Overholt, may be several years in the past, the Rye Revival is still ongoing. That revival has brought a moribund class of American Whiskey back to life, and in so doing breathed life into extinct styles, such as the Pennsylvania ...

By Debbie Shocair Rating: A- In the heart of Pasadena, California, there is a micro-distillery that, in my mind, epitomizes the American Craft Whiskey movement. There, husband and wife team Greg and Karen Stark operate a distillery in a mere 1,100 square foot space in a business park that sits in the shadows of the San Gabriel Mountains. No. Really. ...

Updated May 3, 2018 By Father John Rayls Average Rating: B- I love the name “Redwood Empire American Whiskey,” as it conjures up all kinds of positive, historic images in my mind. So kudos to Graton Distilling Company, based in Sonoma County, California, for thinking of that! Graton is also behind D. George Benham’s Sonoma Dry Gin and a similarly ...