By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Pushing forward off their outstanding start last year, Lost Lantern has been combining the function of a European negociant — buying casks from distillers for either single barrel bottlings or in-house crafty blends — with the unique scene of American craft distilling. That is where this particular whiskey comes from: Lost Lantern picked up several ...

King of Kentucky is returning this year with the release of its fourth edition.  Hitting shelves in September, this will be the fourth release for the brand.  While the majority of this year’s volume will remain in Kentucky, the expression will also be available in limited quantities in Illinois and Ohio. The 2021 expression will be a 14 year old ...

By Richard Thomas If you have been a whiskey enthusiast for a long time, then you have watched as the world’s whiskey boom keeps on gaining momentum. Even the coronavirus pandemic seems to have been little more than a hiccup. The newcomers from a decade ago are now well-entrenched fixtures, more newcomers (both individual distillers and entire countries) have kept ...

Brown-Forman has launched Old Forester Rye Single Barrel, marking the first innovation of this rye recipe since the original 100 proof release. Presented unfiltered and at barrel strength, the product is available nationwide and at Old Forester Distilling Co. in limited quantities. Since the release of Old Forester Rye in 2019, fans of Old Forester have been clamoring for a ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The crafty duo of Nora Ganley-Roper and Adam Polonski have established quite a name for their enterprise, Lost Lantern, in a short space of time as folks to watch in the small, but growing category of American negociants. For those not familiar with the term, it refers to folks who buy casks of (in this ...