By Richard Thomas Kentucky micro-distillery Wilderness Trace has opened their new distillery in Danville, Kentucky and begun producing whiskey there. With their larger facility, Wilderness Trace is now able to increase their output twelve times over and is better able to give visitors a proper Bluegrass bourbon experience. The new distillery is located on a 21 acre property, with the ...

Kentucky’s Small Distillers Emerge Onto Center Stage By Richard Thomas Even during bourbon’s nadir in the ’70s and ’80s, the Commonwealth of Kentucky remained one of the world’s most important whiskey regions, as it was the seat of so many of the world’s biggest distilleries. As whiskey rebounded and the craft distilling movement took America by storm, it was small ...

Putting Together Interesting, Affordable Whiskey Flights For Home Tastings By Richard Thomas With whiskey trendier than ever before, more whiskey fans are introducing friends to their drink of choice in their own homes, taking the bar concept of the whiskey flight and building a tasting party around it. The problem every tasting party host confronts is the painful pouring a ...

By Elizabeth Emmons Rating: B- Banner Distilling Company was founded in 2012 by two friends and co-workers, Logan Simpson and Anthony Jimenez. The distillery sits on 12 acres of land located in Manor, Texas, which is in East Austin. Both men are Texas natives, both have an engineering background, and both share a love of beer and spirits. Logan holds ...

By Father John Rayls Rating: B With all of the controversy surrounding the choice of Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye as Jim Murray’s best whisky in the world, a writer is prompted to pause and think a little bit longer before putting words to keyboard, so much heat and debate has there been flying across the Internet. However, this is ...