When Allen Katz and Tom Potter founded The New York Distilling Company (NYDC) in 2011, they started with the idea of developing a rye whiskey that captured the flavors and history of New York, a concept that has since been embodied as the regional “Empire Rye.” For their part, NYDC has now made their decade-old vision a reality with Jaywalk ...

American negociant Lost Lantern has traditionally curated and released its collections around specific themes, but the Spring 2024 collection marks the independent bottler’s inaugural regional collection. With a focus on the Midwest, Lost Lantern aims to spotlight a whiskey region it believes deserves more attention. If you’re not yet talking about whiskey from the Midwest, Lost Lantern plans to change ...

Utah’s High West made a name for itself as a company that was refreshingly transparent about its sourced whiskeys at a time when many whiskey nerds had a fever-pitch obsession with the allegedly deceptive practices of Non-Distiller Producers. However, becoming a fan favorite on the basis of creative blending and transparency had the perhaps unintended effect of making those same ...

The Whiskey Reviewer first covered Washington state’s Dry Fly Distilling a decade ago, and for most of that time the distillery has been known mainly for its wheat whiskeys. They are poised to break some new ground on Friday with the release of their first-ever rye whiskey. Dry Fly Distilling Rye Whiskey Batch #1 is made with a 100% rye ...

New Riff Distilling announced head distiller Brian Sprance has been promoted to master distiller, the first formal such designation in the company’s history. Sprance has been with the company since its start in 2014. Ahead of the distillery’s founding in 2014, Sprance was recruited as head distiller by New Riff founder, co-owner and chief executive officer Ken Lewis, who, rather ...