By Richard Thomas Rating: B Some may put the focus of their whiskey geekery on still design or mash bills (a rare few wisely include yeast to that), but seeing as how 40 to 80% of the flavor of a whiskey comes from its barrel maturation, I prefer to focus on wood, climate and time. One of the best outcomes ...

By Father John Rayls Rating: B- Collabor&tion Straight Bourbon Whiskey finished in American Brandy Barrels is, as the name implies (rather more strongly that the first glance suggests, in fact), a collaboration project between Bardstown Bourbon Company (BBCo) and Copper & Kings. The former is a mid-sized distillery intent on joining MGP as a major supplier of stock whiskey to ...

Conviction Small Batch Bourbon has been released from prison, or rather, from Southern Grace Distilleries. Insofar as we know, it’s the first distillery in the United States to be located in a former prison, and this is their first Bourbon. “The hard time aging in oak barrels behind bars here at Whiskey Prison has created a cask strength bourbon that’s subtly sweet ...

John Distilleries Private Limited (“JDPL” or “Company,”), a leading Indian spirits company, announced at the end of last week that The Sazerac Company (“Sazerac,”) the largest family-owned spirits company in the United States and owners of Fireball, Southern Comfort, Buffalo Trace Bourbon and E.H. Taylor Bourbon, has acquired an equity stake in JDPL from Gaja Capital, who will continue to remain partially invested ...

By Father John Rayls Rating: A- Have you has a whiskey catch you absolutely taken off guard?  Imagine the instructors when James T. Kirk led the cadets in the combat training exercise The Kobayashi Maru (Star Trek fans?). It was designed to measure how a candidate would cope with certain defeat and ultimate death in a sure loser of a ...