

Kings County Empire Rye Review - How New York Distilleries are Breathing Life into the Rye Renaissance
Close your eyes and imagine with me for a moment... Fields of blue-hued rye, shimmering in the dancing wind, mimicking the ocean waves....

Jes Smyth
May 15, 2024


Fort Hamilton New York "Hearts of Oak Militia" Bourbon Review
Imagine my excitement: another New York craft whiskey featuring local Hudson Valley grains under a cool bottling name with some...

Nick Anderson
May 13, 2024


Chattanooga Fall 2019 Bottled in Bond Bourbon: A Collaborative Review with Author Jes Smyth
Chattanooga, a name synonymous with craft, has been curating interesting whiskies since 2011 when Tim Piersant decided it was time to...

Nick Anderson
May 13, 2024


A Revered Legacy Reborn: How Liberty Pole is Reviving Old Monongahela Rye Whiskey (and What it Tastes Like!)
PRESS RELEASE Washington, PA 5/7/2024—Distilled in the heart of the Monongahela (ma-NONG-ga-HEE-la) Valley of western Pennsylvania, a...

Nick Anderson
May 11, 2024


Cedar Ridge Bottled-in-Bond Straight Rye Whiskey - A Pocket-Sized Review of Release 001
Where do you start when you want to get to know a new distillery? Their flagship product? Their bourbon? Their rye? Their vodka? Their...

Nick Anderson
May 8, 2024


2024 Michter's Barrel Strength Rye Review - How Low Barrel Entry Proof & 18 Month Air Seasoning Come Together to Craft Highly Sippable Whiskey
Low barrel entry proof, once commonplace in the earliest stages of American whiskey, is all but completely foregone in an era where...

Nick Anderson
Apr 15, 2024






