On their 5th anniversary, this November 11th, Jeptha Creed is releasing their first Bottled-In-Bond Rye Bourbon. This rye bourbon has been barrel-aged at least 4 years, in a single season, in a bonded barrel barn, and is proofed right at 50% ABV. It has a rye mash bill of Bloody Butcher corn, malted rye, and malted barley. All of the ...

By Richard Thomas Single malt whiskies, with their distinct and individual identities and rich-yet-sophisticated characters, have always been a drink withdrawn from my shelf from late Spring to early Autumn. Between living in sweltering DC, steamy Asia, sunny Portugal and now also-sweltering Kentucky, my adult years have been marked by summer climates that were too hot to enjoy most malts ...

By Richard Thomas The brand of Old Fitzgerald dates back to the post-Civil War era of the bourbon business, introduced in 1870 and marketed to passenger railways, steamboats and private clubs.Who exactly John E. Fitzgerald was–insofar as historians and not marketeers are concerned–is a murky question, and the brand was originated by a rectifier based in Milwaukee named Herbst. Old ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The big Autumn American Whiskey season is now in full swing, with all the most anticipated annual, limited editions making their way to store shelves. Well, almost all: the news has dropped as I type this that George T. Stagg won’t be coming in 2021, the first time in recent memory that Buffalo Trace has ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A This is the third outing for the George Dickel Bottled in Bond series as created by Master Distiller Nicole Austin. At 13 years old, it is well beyond the statutory minimum for a bonded whiskey and two years older than last year’s release, but otherwise drawn the same staple stock of Dickel Tennessee Whiskey. Which ...