by Mike Rosen | Apr 22, 2024 | Rye
Happy Earth Day! To be honest, I didn’t know today was Earth Day until I received an email from Redwood Empire while finishing up this review. I couldn’t have timed it better if I’d tried. The Graton, California-based company prides itself on taking steps to be an...
by Mike Rosen | Apr 8, 2024 | Bourbon, Featured Craft Distilleries
Who are these folks, and how did they get here? It seems as if the Holladay Distillery just came out of nowhere with releases that are getting a lot of attention lately. The history of Ben Holladay dates to 1856 when Ben and his brother David distilled their first...
by Mike Rosen | Apr 1, 2024 | Bourbon, Featured Craft Distilleries
Farming and ranching have been the Frey family’s occupation in Northern Nevada since 1854. The Frey’s bought the current Fallon NV farm (now currently 2,000 acres) in 1944 and have been there ever since. Colby and Ashley Frey met in college at the University of...
by Mike Rosen | Mar 18, 2024 | World
Peregrine is Found North Whisky’s first 20-year age stated release. Every Found North release begins with well-aged individual grain Canadian whisky blended to a desired flavor profile. Found North says, “With Peregrine we took this process a step further. We created...
by Mike Rosen | Mar 7, 2024 | World
Westward Whiskey (not to be confused with Westland or Starward) was founded in Portland, Oregon, in 2004 as House Spirits Distillery by Master Distiller Christian Krogstad. In 2011, Thomas Mooney joined as co-owner and CEO of House Spirits Distillery, now Westward...