By Randall Borkus Rating: A It’s April 2019 and we have some good news for rye whiskey lovers: Michter’s US*1 Barrel Strength Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey is bottled and should be on the self as you are reading this. Straight off the bat, you need to know is that this is really good rye whiskey. The Michter’s team has been ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Trailblazing Texas distillery Balcones chose to mark their 10th anniversary last year by releasing their first-ever batches of rye whiskey, with a 100-proof bottling standing as a brand extension and as their flagship rye. Their mash bill is entirely rye grain, but drawing on four different types of rye. First their was the locally sourced ...

The fingerprints of legendary whiskey man Dave Pickerell, cover so many thing in modern whiskey distilling, from being a key player in creating the expansion plan Maker’s Mark has now successfully implemented twice to advising so many craft whiskey start-ups. Keeping in mind that he was working right up to the day of his passing this past November, his legacy ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Treaty Oak of Texas is following a very well-traveled path of mixing in-house products with sourced brands, as it builds its stock of aged spirits and its reputation. This is such a staple of small distilling in America that I find myself scoffing at the croakers who continue to gripe about it, especially when a ...

New York Distilling Company, the urban distillery in Williamsburg, Brooklyn has announced the launch of Ragtime Rye Bottled In Bond. The product of seven years of patience and perseverance, Ragtime Rye Bottled In Bond is New York Distilling Company’s first whiskey expression designed explicitly as an Empire Rye, a new designation that refers to a whiskey distilled, aged, and bottled ...