By Richard Thomas Rating: B- One perk of living in Lexington, Kentucky is that it’s the hometown for Alltech, parent company of a clutch of brewing and distilling companies. Now that clutch includes Alltech founder Pearse Lyons’ native Ireland, with the opening of their new distillery in Dublin this past September. Following a familiar and thoroughly tested path, they aren’t ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Exclusive Malts is a line of sourced single malts selected and bottled by David Stirk’s Creative Whisky Co., and if you see an example in the United States, it was imported by ImPex Beverages. In this instance, the bottling is of a Dailuaine that was distilled in 2007 and aged for 10 years in a ...

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 ...