By Richard Thomas Following a three-month investigation, the Kentucky Fire Marshall’s office has released its findings on the April explosion and fire at Silver Trail Distillery, a Western Kentucky-based legal moonshine-maker. The report, released on July 24, indicates that “the event directly involved the over-pressurization of the still with subsequent failure which resulted in it being propelled out the north ...

By Richard Thomas Alltech, owners of Lexington, Kentucky’s Town Branch Distillery, intend to break ground on their Pikeville distillery on Thursday morning. Readers of The Whiskey Reviewer first learned of Alltech’s desire to build a legal moonshine distillery in Pikeville, located deep in southeastern Kentucky’s coal country, via a Facebook bulletin in April 2014. The following July, the state of ...

By Julia Ritz Toffoli For year-round whiskey drinkers, the summer tends to pose a bit of a challenge. We want to keep drinking whiskey, but our winter favorites—like Manhattans and Old Fashioneds—don’t complement the heat very well, and stirred drinks are bit labor intensive if you’re making batches of cocktails for a BBQ or summer fête. With the Fourth of ...

The Top 5 “Corns From A Jar” For Hot Weather Sipping By Richard Thomas Two things life in the South are synonymous with are sweltering summers and corn whiskey, and in my view the two go hand in hand. As the mercury climbs up the thermometer, well-done corn whiskey comes to occupy a larger slice of my sipping time. Back ...

By Richard Thomas It’s a year behind the original schedule, but Peerless Distilling opened the doors on their new Louisville, Kentucky distillery yesterday, reviving a century-old brand in the process. Started by Cory Taylor, the great grandson of the founder of the original Peerless Distilling, the new company has plans to start with a line of unaged, legal moonshine-style whiskeys ...