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...
by Mike Rosen | Oct 11, 2022 | Bourbon
In Graton, California, Redwood Empire was founded by Derek Benham in 2015 under his Purple Brands line of Wines and Spirits. The first Redwood Empire core lineup was launched in 2016. These expressions were created using various sourced whiskey from MGP, Bardstown...
by Mike Rosen | Oct 5, 2022 | Featured Craft Distilleries, Rye
About a month ago I saw a picture of a bottle that looked like a throwback from the 1940’s. Everything about it from the label, shape and the name looked “old timey”. It wasn’t something I was interested in until I read the story of this brand and the kind of rye...
