By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Another expression from those busy people at Finger Lakes Distilling in upstate New York, McKenzie Pure Pot Still Whiskey is their spin on the Irish style. American single malts and Irish-inspired whiskeys are a niche market in the United States, but certainly a growing one. The operative question for a whiskey lover interested in these ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B When animal feed giant Alltech decided to expand from brewing beer into distilling whiskey, they not only brought distilling to Lexington, Kentucky after half a century, but they also brought malt whiskey back to Lexington distilling. The distilling industry in the Heart of the Bluegrass once had a distinctly Irish flare to it, so bourbon ...

By Jake Emen Rating: A- Good ol’ fashioned American whiskey produced in the rolling Kentucky hills isn’t typically associated with the intense, peaty smokiness and maltiness of scotch, but many trends have sprung up in the whiskey craze of modern times, and one of them is the American malt whiskey. Imagine the malt whiskey base of the Scottish style, but ...