By Richard Thomas For years, the Indiana distillery known as MGP Ingredients has sat quietly in the background. While it was one of the largest whiskey producers in America, it’s function was to make stock either for brands owned by whatever parent company owned it at the time (Seagram, Pernod Ricard) or for sale to other whiskey producers and bottlers. ...

By Randall H. Borkus Rating: C+ Black Maple Hill Rye is not a distillery, but a label owned by Paul Joseph from California. Joseph worked with Kentucky Bourbon Distillers “KBD “ (now known primarily as Willett, and bottlers of Noah’s Mill, Rowan’s Creek, etc…) for many years. So, Black Maple Hill whiskey was originally sourced from KBD, who in turn ...

In partnership with its U.S. importer, M.S. Walker, West Cork Distillers has announced the launch of three new limited release products to its line of Irish Whiskeys. Building upon their success with the West Cork Bourbon Cask and 10-Year Old Single Malt, and the recent limited release of Barrel Proof and Black Reserve, West Cork will be releasing three different ...

By Father John Rayls Rating: B+ Irish whiskey is the fastest growing sector of the world whiskey industry, driven to the largest extent by exports to the United States. That boom has driven a proliferation of new Irish whiskey brands, both sourced and from new distilleries, and I believe Barr an Uisce is one of the better ones. It’s made ...

By Richard Thomas While they mature their in-house whiskey, Tennessee distillery Nelson’s Green Brier has been relying on sourced whiskey for its Belle Meade Bourbon, named for the famous estate on the outskirts of Nashville. The Belle Meade Line was expanded with Sherry and Cognac cask finished bourbons, and now they have added a Madeira cask finish to the line ...