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By Richard Thomas Rating: C+ Rebel Yell Small Batch Rye is a two year old, 90 proof (45% abv) whiskey sourced out of MGP in Indiana. We know that because Luxco, makers of Rebel Yell, followed the letter of the law and then some by telling us as much in the fine print on the back of the bottle. The ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: C- Rebel Yell has gone through plenty of changes between its 1936 introduction* as a Stitzel-Weller bourbon and its present ownership by Luxco, reflected both by what is inside the bottle and in the appearance of the bottle itself. The brand began life as a small circulation release focusing mostly on Southern customers, but by the ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Yellowstone Limited Edition Bourbon, sourced with Luxco stock and released through Limestone Branch Distillery, is now in its third edition. Since the brand is jockeying for a place in the annual slate of exciting autumnal American Whiskey releases, it’s worth pausing to do a recap of the series so far and the people who make ...

By Debbie Shocair Rating: B+ Lebanon, Kentucky’s Limestone Branch Distillery has released a second Yellowstone Limited Edition. Like all of the Yellowstone whiskeys, this is conjunction with Luxco, who own a stake in Limestone Branch and also bottle Ezra Brooks and Rebel Yell. Limestone Branch is the seat of Steve and Paul Beam, brothers who are seventh-generation distillers from the ...

By April Manning Rating: C Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon has been crafted to celebrate the brand’s return to the Limestone Branch Distillery’s family legacy. The founders of Limestone Brach are Steve and Paul Beam, and yes they are part of the famed Jim Beam’s extended family on their father’s side. On their mother’s side of the family tree, ...