By S.D. Peters Rating: D Firefly Distillery, on Wadmalaw Island, SC,  produces a distinguished White Lightning Moonshine, which is a great starting place for first-time white whiskey drinkers to start exploring the trend. The Distillery also produces flavored expressions of the Moonshine, of which its Apple Pie Flavor Moonshine is, sadly, reminiscent of neither apple pie nor moonshine. The Moonshine ...

By S.D. Peters Rating: C+ The Whiskey Reviewer’s Jake Emen reviewed the Buggy Whip Wheat Whiskey from Michigan’s Journeyman Distillery in September, so I’ll refer readers who want to learn about the distillery’s general details to his review. As for Journeyman’s W.R. Whiskey, it is a handmade, organic white whiskey that the distillery has “dedicated to the original journeymen.” And ...

By S.D. Peters Rating: B- Firefly White Lightning Moonshine is crafted by the Firefly Distillery on Wadmalaw Island, SC, and, other than the professional label on the jar, has the look and feel of the sort of a illicit moonshine you might expect from a small, out-of-the-way place– which is to say it looks like moonshine, and comes in a ...

By S.D. Peters Rating: B+ There’s a certain predictability about white whiskeys that’s comforting. For those who enjoy getting it together in the country every once and a while, the pure grain flavor of most white whiskeys won’t disappoint, and a few may even surprise. Take LBL Moonshine, for example. This 100% unaged corn whiskey from the Silver Trail Distillery ...

Interview with The Barrel House Distillery of Lexington, KY By Richard Thomas Situated in the old barrel house of the James E. Pepper Distillery on Lexington, Kentucky’s Manchester Street, The Barrel House Distillery did more than just bring distilling back to a historic building. When Jeff Wiseman and Pete Wright started initial production in 2008, they also brought distilling back ...