by Mike Rosen | Nov 22, 2022 | Rye
On the heels of Smoke Wagon’s 9 year high malted barley experimental rye, comes the small batch version using the same mash bill of 51% rye, 49% malted barley. The former were limited single barrel expressions using different char levels (barrels C – F)....
by Mike Rosen | Nov 3, 2022 | Bourbon
Creating Old Elk’s flagship bourbon was the first job that Greg Metze was tasked with when he came on board as master distiller. In an interview with Weekly Whiskey, Jay West and John Henderson interviewed Greg Metze and Old Elk’s CEO of Luis Gonzales. This is what...
by Mike Rosen | Oct 30, 2022 | Bourbon, Featured Craft Distilleries
Founded in 2009 by Colin Spoelman and David Haskell, Kings County is located in Brooklyn, NY at the Brooklyn Navy Yard. To create their various whiskeys, Kings County uses a Forsyths alembic copper still built in Scotland and a Vendome copper still made in Kentucky....
by Mike Rosen | Oct 27, 2022 | Bourbon
It seems that Booker’s is making a comeback after some previous batches falling short of expectations. This year’s batches have been trending upwards in age and Lumberyard in particular has been getting noticed. For instance, on the YouTube channel “It’s Bourbon...
by Mike Rosen | Oct 23, 2022 | Rye
It’s a typical fall day in New York. I love the beautiful foliage, but not so much the overcast skies and cold humidity that gets in your bones. For days like this there’s no better time to enjoy a good rye. Today, I’m reviewing a sample that a fellow r/bourbon...
