The TTB, or the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau defines “Light Whiskey” as whiskey “produced in the U.S. at more than 80% alcohol by volu... Read More...
The bourbon now labeled 1792 Small Batch you might recognize by its previous name: 1792 Ridgemont Reserve. Originally (that is, in 2002), it was d... Read More...
The founders of Corsair Artisan Distillery started out as homebrewers, and it seems to me that background influences them even today. The craft beer world has l... Read More...
Texas: big, bold, brash. At least, that’s what Texans claim and the bumper stickers adamantly repeat and affirm. Texas is a land of many people trying to prove ... Read More...
I’ll just lay out my biases right away: I’m enamored with Stein Distillery. It fulfills my idealized notion of what a rural, craft micro-distillery should be. T... Read More...
High West, Utah’s first distillery since the 1870’s, has proven itself as one of the premier whiskey blenders in the United States. Although High West opened an... Read More...
In the restaurant biz there’s an adage about diners first tasting with their eyes. So, when I saw the bottle of Feisty Spirits Rye Whiskey, well, let’s say my h... Read More...
Coppersea Distilling is a field-to-glass distillery located in New York’s Hudson valley that’s part of a small but growing group of vertically integrated farmho... Read More...
Hailing from our sister city of Seattle, Washington, Tatoosh Rye is another in a long line of Northwest craft spirits. Tatoosh Distillery was founded in 2009, t... Read More...
By now, Jim Murray’s pick for 2015 Whisky of the Year is old news. His selection – Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye – triggered poundings of the keyboard from e... Read More...