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By Richard Thomas Some ideas die slow, hard deaths, and as recently as last year I found myself reading yet another magazine article warning consumers that their bottle of supposedly craft whiskey really came from the big distillery in Indiana, MGP. Moreover, I continue to hear this notion virtually every time I engage with enthusiasts, and read it fairly regularly ...

By Andrew Graham Rating: A- If you don’t know what the Remus Repeal Reserve series is, here’s what’s up: MGP is the giant whiskey factory on the border of Kentucky and Indiana that mostly does contract distilling, selling the juice that other whiskey brands (“non-distilling producers”) put their labels on and market. You’ve heard of a lot of brands that ...

Updated December 8, 2022 By Richard Thomas Wild Turkey’s most important contribution to the realm of annual limited edition whiskeys has been Master’s Keep, which has put several noteworthy spins on Wild Turkey’s bourbon, plus one rye installment in the form of Master’s Keep Cornerstone. This year, Master Distiller Eddie Russell decided to look back to something he created back ...

Ranking The Blood Oath Bourbons, Pact 1 To 6 By Richard Thomas Not all of the annual, limited edition whiskey series have been around for most of the current century, ala Old Forester or Buffalo Trace Antique Collection. In fact, most of them are less than a decade old, which makes tracking the entire arc of these pricey, one-time only ...

By Richard Thomas New distillery openings are a common enough story now, even for well-established brands owned by big liquor companies. Just as common is seeing a company that started building its identity several years ago with sourced whiskey making the transition to distilling its own spirits. Both of these events are staples of the American whiskey boom. Even against ...