By Richard Thomas Rating: B Liquid Riot doesn’t specify their exact mash bill for their whiskeys, describing them only in the most general terms. So, they state their rye is made with rye grain and malted barley, but not what proportions. My guess is that the malted barley proportion must be relatively high, because the end product didn’t turn out ...

The Jack Daniel Distillery has announced the expansion of its Personal Collection Program to include Single Barrel Rye. As of this month, friends of Jack who prefer the ripe, spiced fruit and light toasted oak flavor of rye will have the opportunity to own their individual unique barrel of the premium product. Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Personal Collection experience is ...

Bourbon, Scotch and Rye Whiskey Gifts For Father’s Day By Richard Thomas Take it from me (and I’m the divorced Dad of a 4 1/2 year old): what that Papa you know wants for Father’s Day is whiskey. Not a tie, not socks, but whiskey. Unless he is a teetotaler, it is hard to conceive of going far wrong by ...

By Randall H. Borkus Rating: B Rye whiskey continues to be all the rage, and it seems like I see something new on the shelf every week. In the spring 2018, the distiller of so much of that rye whiskey on the shelf, MGP, launched its Rossville Union Rye Whiskey label. Named after the founding distillery in Lawrenceburg, Indiana, Rossville ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: C+ Much of the buzz surrounding 2015 release of New York Distilling Company’s inaugural Ragtime Rye was aimed at the mixology audience, with the whiskey billed as tailored for a classic Manhattan. That flagship whiskey was made with 75% New York-grown rye, 13% corn and 12% malted barley, and then aged for a minimum of three ...