By Richard Thomas High West, the Utah distillery and bottler acclaimed among whiskey geeks for their transparency and blending prowess, has released a new limited edition in the form of their 14 Year Old Light Whiskey. The new product will be available only through the distillery and its associated saloon. Light whiskey refers to a grain spirit that has been ...

Black Button Distilling, Rochester NY’s first micro-distillery, and The O’Begley Distillery of Pittsford, NY have announced the release of their hand crafted, limited edition Collaboration Whiskey. This marks the second collaborative project in the American craft whiskey scene, following the two Four Kings whiskeys released by FEW Spirits, Corsair Artisan, Mississippi River Distilling and Journeyman Distillery. This whiskey made from ...

Putting Together Interesting, Affordable Whiskey Flights For Home Tastings By Richard Thomas With whiskey trendier than ever before, more whiskey fans are introducing friends to their drink of choice in their own homes, taking the bar concept of the whiskey flight and building a tasting party around it. The problem every tasting party host confronts is the painful pouring a ...

By Elizabeth Emmons Rating: B- Banner Distilling Company was founded in 2012 by two friends and co-workers, Logan Simpson and Anthony Jimenez. The distillery sits on 12 acres of land located in Manor, Texas, which is in East Austin. Both men are Texas natives, both have an engineering background, and both share a love of beer and spirits. Logan holds ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- One aspect of the global craft distilling trend is that many countries that have never made whisky before are now doing it, and since most of them are most familiar with Scotch, that is the model they follow. Hence Italy’s Puni Distillery, which released it’s first batches of three year old whisky last year. Since ...