There seems to be an upsurge in Bourbon and especially the Rye side over here in the Uk, many of my whisky friends are starting to take a closer look at the liquids coming from the states. Is this because we want to understand better the complexities of the liquid the cask held previous to…
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Jack Daniel’s Rye – Single Barrel
Jack Daniel’s Officially founded in 1866 making the distillery the first officially licensed distillery within the united states.. Jack Daniels learnt his trade a few years earlier from Nathan “Nearest” Green who was a preacher and slave who later became Jacks master distiller.. Jack Daniels is today one of the best known names within the…
James E Pepper 3 year old PX Cask Finish That Boutique-y Whisky Company
James E Pepper Established in 1780 the legacy of this iconic American distillery is obvious to see when you start to look into the history and although today the name might not quite be on everyone’s lips it certainly should be somewhere in the back of your mind if you are at all into Bourbon…
New York Distilling Company 2 Year old
New York Distilling Company and Prohibition Prohibition.. We all know the stories around this era of Americas distilling history and although this happened many years ago the ripple effects are still noticeable throughout America even today.. The first signs of Prohibition came around in the 1820s and ’30s when a wave of religious revivalism swept…
Whistle Pig 10 year old Rye Whiskey
Whistle Pig Just imagine a setting.. A picturesque ranch set in the beautiful area of Vermont, USA, crops, oak and water, a man with a vision of producing a high end whiskey.. Mix it all together and you have the birth of a whiskey.. What next.. Raj Bhakta, the founder of Whistle Pig Whiskey bought…
Lot 40 Canadian Rye Whisky, Cask Strength.
Canada or bust.. A trip into the wilderness for me, or maybe not.. I was recently sent another package from a friend over in Canada containing several Canadian whiskies, the one that really jumped out is this Lot 40 Rye whisky. Why did it jump out ? Well, firstly I have recently discovered Rye Whiskies…
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