by Mike Rosen | Sep 5, 2024 | Rye
While in Austin, Texas, last February, I drove to Waco to visit Balcones for a distillery tour. I tasted their flagship lineup and stayed for a whiskey flight for some of their other releases. Balcones isn’t a locally available brand for me, so this was the best...
by Mike Rosen | Aug 23, 2024 | Rye
In May 2023, Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Barrel Proof Rye went from being a special limited release to a permanent part of their whiskey lineup. As with all Jack Daniel’s whiskey, the rye distillate is “charcoal mellowed” before being filled into handmade, new...
by Mike Rosen | Aug 8, 2024 | Rye
The Heaven Hill Grain to Glass website explains their new line of whiskey in detail, but to summarize, Heaven Hill started a project in 2017 to partner with farmers to experiment with different high-quality grain varietals that would grow in Central Kentucky for use...
by Mike Rosen | Aug 1, 2024 | Rye
Recently released in June, Knob Creek 10 Year Rye is a new, permanent addition to the Knob Creek lineup. In a recent Robb Report article for the new 7 Year Jim Beam Black release, Fred Noe talks about the market slowing down after the coronavirus pandemic. Noe says,...
by Mike Rosen | Jul 19, 2024 | Bourbon, Featured Craft Distilleries
Kentucky Peerless Distilling Company (DSP-KY-50) has deep roots in Kentucky distilling history, which you can read about on their detailed website timeline. To summarize, the story of the distillery begins in 1881, when it produced the first Peerless Whiskey by the...
