By Douglas Fraser Rating: B+ In an international and antipodean collaboration between the state of Vermont, USA and Sydney, Australia comes a rye whiskey barrel aged coffee liqueur. Mr. Black X Whistle Pig Barrel Aged Coffee Liqueur is the creation of stunning pairing of Mr. Black Coffee and Whistle Pig Rye Whiskey. This liqueur pairs well with your morning or ...
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Lost Lantern Starlight Distillery Single Cask #8 Rye Whiskey Review (Winter 2021)
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ If you read my work, then you are probably familiar with Indiana’s Starlight Distillery through Lisa Rope Wicker’s past work with them, that being how I usually make mention of them. The distillery was started by Ted Huber as an outgrowth of his orchard and winery, the latter being a Hoosier institution dating back to ...
Read More »Broken Barrel Hersey Rye Whiskey Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B- A little background about Broken Barrel before we get to their Heresy Rye. This story starts with Seth Benhaim, who started his own liquor company with Infuse Spirits in 2012, at age 29. As the name implies, that company was about a line of infused vodkas. Benhaim built on that company by starting Broken Barrel ...
Read More »Laws Whiskey House Releases Oldest Batch of Bonded Whiskeys Yet
Laws Whiskey House, the award-winning grain-to-glass distillery in Denver, today announces the 2022 releases of their Bottled in Bond Four Grain Bourbon and San Luis Valley Rye. To qualify as a Bottled in Bond whiskey, the expression must be made by one distillery in a single season, must be bottled at 100 proof (50% abv) and must be aged at ...
Read More »Kentucky Owl Wiseman Expands To Rye
Stoli Group’s Kentucky Owl announced the second release in The Wiseman series, a new straight rye whiskey available in April across the U.S. The new whiskey joins The Wiseman Bourbon released by Kentucky Owl in September 2021 and named one of Whisky Advocate’s Top 20 and Bourbon Review’s Top 10 whiskies of the year. The Wiseman Straight Rye is a ...
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