By Richard Thomas Rating: D+ When it comes to flavored whiskey, there are the expected, staple choices and the trips into the unexpected. On the one hand you have the hot cinnnamons (no surprise there, what with the popularity of Fireball), the apple pies and other fruits, the honeys and the maples. The others are, well, anything that isn’t cinnamoned, ...

Delaware’s Painted Stave Distilling partnered with Fordham & Dominion Brewing Co. a year ago to join the trend linking craft beer to craft distilling. 250 gallons of Dominion’s Double D Imperial IPA had been distilled into 20 gallons of malty, hoppy Painted Stave whiskey, and then aged in two 10 gallon whiskey barrels for 10 months. The first release of ...

Japanese whisky gets a new, but very traditional twist in the United States with the import of Kikori Whiskey. Whereas Japanese whiskies like Nikka and Suntory are made in the Scottish style, Kikori is a rice whiskey, made with the famed rice from Kumamoto. Rice farming in Kumamoto is nurtured by the ideal climate, pure groundwater and rich volcanic loam ...

By Elizabeth Emmons Rating: B Charbay Distillery and Winery is a family-run business through and through, and the story behind how it ultimately became to be the “still on the hill” is an interesting one, deeply rooted in history. Charbay was founded in 1983 by Miles and Susan Karakasevic, but the family’s experience in boozy matters goes way back. Miles ...

By Father John Rayls Rating: B I have before me a full, 750 ml bottle of Collaboration Whiskey (2016), Batch #1, 84 Proof, and that it is a full bottle is a bit of surprise in that it is a very limited release of only 642 bottles. It is a combination of bottles of Black Button Four Grain Bourbon and ...