Whiskey by Type

Texas’s Maverick Distilling Releases Bonded Triticale Whiskey

Maverick Distilling has launched its Samuel Maverick Straight Triticale Whiskey Bottled-In-Bond. The extremely limited release from a single barrel marks the first ever Bottled-in-Bond whiskey from the distillery. Samuel Maverick Straight Triticale Whiskey Bottled-In-Bond is available exclusively at the distillery tasting room in San Antonio, Texas, and from the Maverick Distilling website. “Our Straight Triticale Whiskey is the result of ...

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EU Postpones Reimposing Whiskey Tariff

By Richard Thomas Distilleries great and small in America were granted more than a year of space to breath easy, as the European Union and the US agreed to postpone scheduled retaliatory tariffs on each others products for another 15 months. This smoldering trade dispute dates back to the Trump Administration, which slapped tariffs on European-made steel and aluminum in ...

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Q&A With Lost Lantern Whiskey

By Kurt Maitland American whiskey has changed. Bourbon and rye are still dominant, but craft is a vibrant thing, and it feels like American Single Malt has seen more and more attention on the domestic scene. But lots of distilleries fly under the radar and are only known to an observant few. Thankfully we have Lost Lantern doing their damnedest ...

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Old Forester 117 Turns To Old Scotch Barrels

Old Forester has announced the latest release in their 117 series: Scotch Cask Finish, a  93-proof liquid that honors George Garvin Brown’s Scottish heritage. This is an interesting twist in the usual order of things, because the vast majority of Scotch whiskies are aged in ex-bourbon barrels or casks built from ex-bourbon barrel staves. It would be interesting to know ...

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