By Richard Thomas Since becoming a father myself, I’ve embraced the notion that good fathers deserve good whiskey, and Father’s Day 2018 is this coming Sunday. It’s not too late to get your Dad a special, recently released bottle he can enjoy for the next year, when I’ll have more advice for you on what to get for Father’s Day ...

By Father John Rayls Rating: B+ The Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897 was instituted to insure the public’s safety (and consolidate the position of big distillers vis-a-vis rectifiers, as bottlers were known then). Having the designation “bottled in bond” (BiB) on a whiskey label stood for quality, because it met the government guaranteed: The whiskey must have been produced at a ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Beam Suntory upped their game in the Knob Creek brand by extending its rye line. Earlier this year, they released a 115 proof single barrel version of that whiskey; now they have followed up on it by releasing a cask strength (119.6 proof), 9 year old rendition. Between the two, one would have a near ...

Chattanooga Whiskey Company, located in the famous choo-choo town in southeastern Tennessee, is set to release their seventh and eight bottlings of experimental whiskey and a sold out party in the distillery tonight. Batch 007 is a straight rye malt whiskey, aged for over two years in a mix of 25- and 53-gallon barrels, and bottled at 102 proof. Batch ...

On Friday, June 1st, Virginia’s Catoctin Creek will release the Roundstone Rye Cask Proof Hickory Finish whisky! This takes their near 120 proof, award winning Roundstone Rye Cask Proof and finishes it in a hickory syrup barrel (not a barrel made from hickory!). The finish imparts a tangier, slightly smoky flavor to the rye whiskey. This follows a hickory finish ...