by Mike Rosen | Sep 13, 2022 | Bourbon
Last month I won a bid for a triple set of bottles from TX Whiskey on the Kentucky Bourbon Benefit auction for Eastern Kentucky flood relief. The set was donated from Firestone & Robertson Distilling Company located in Fort Worth, Texas. Prior to this auction I...
by Mike Rosen | Sep 9, 2022 | Bourbon
It’s been a while since Barrell Craft had a new release to its finished whiskey lineup. When I saw this announcement sitting in my inbox I was pretty excited. Not only because I’m a fan of Barrel Craft, but also what this expression is about. Vantage started out as a...
by Mike Rosen | Aug 27, 2022 | Bourbon, Featured Craft Distilleries
Earlier this year I was watching a few distilleries online showing off their whiskey at the New Orleans Bourbon Festival, and one of them was Spirits of French Lick. A couple of months later I received an email from Seelbach’s featuring Spirits of French Lick and...
by Mike Rosen | Aug 8, 2022 | Rye
Hailing from Brooklyn, NY is the New York Distilling Company, founded in 2011 by Tom Porter, Bill Porter and Allen Katz. Tom Porter co-founded Brooklyn Brewery in 1987 and retired in 2008. Bill Porter (Tom’s son) is the Chief Blender and Distiller for NYDC and Allen...
by Mike Rosen | Aug 2, 2022 | Bourbon
In 2014 while waiting for their own whiskey to mature, New Riff created an interim brand called O.K.I. which stands for Ohio, Kentucky and Indiana. New Riff’s O.K.I. used MGP’s high rye bourbon to make a name for itself with its single barrel varieties and various age...