Pig’s Nose Scotch Whisky distillery: The Spencerfield Spirit Company origin: Scotland. abv: 40% (80 proof) distilling: The backbone of this whisky is Invergordon grain whisky, acknowledged as one of the highest quality and lightest grain whiskies in Scotland, which has been aged in fresh oak barrels for at least five years. To compliment the base whisky, the [...]
Bernheim Original Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey distillery: Bernheim origin: Kentucky, USA distilled from: 51% wheat; remaining mixture: 49% barley and corn abv: 45% (90 proof) average price of Bernheim Wheat Whiskey: $30 for 750 mL details: Whereas other American whiskeys contain primarily corn, barley, or rye in their recipes, Bernheim is the only type of straight whiskey which [...]
Buffalo Trace Straight Kentucky Bourbon distillery: Buffalo Trace origin: Kentucky, USA distilled from: corn, rye, and malted barley awards: Double Gold at 2009 SF World Spirits Competition; Gold at 2008 LA Wine & Spirits Competition average price of Buffalo Trace Bourbon: $22 for 750 mL details: The name Buffalo Trace pays tribute to the mighty buffalo and [...]
McCarthy’s Oregon Single Malt Whiskey distillery: Clear Creek Distillery origin: Oregon, USA distilled from: peat malted Scottish barley abv: 42.5 % (85 proof) awards: 2004 Best Small Batch Whisky in the World in Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible average price of McCarthy’s Oregon Single Malt Whiskey: $55 for 750 mL details: Distilled from a fermented mash of [...]
Bulleit Straight 95 Rye Mash Whiskey distillery: Bulleit (but made at the facilities of Lawrenceberg Distillers Indiana (LDI)) origin: Lawrenceberg, Indiana, USA distilled from: 95% rye, %5 malted barley abv: 45% (90 proof) awards: 2001 San Francisco World Spirits Competition Double Gold average price of Bulleit Rye Whiskey: $28 details: In the 1830s, as a [...]
Rusell’s Reserve 6 Year Rye distillery: Austin Nichols Distilling company (where Wild Turkey bourbon is distilled) origin: Lawrenceberg, Kentucky distilled from: mash mixture containing at least 51% rye abv: 45% (90 proof) average price of Rusell’s Reserve 6 Year Rye: $35 details: Rusell’s Rye (as in Jimmy Rusell, master distiller of Wild Turkey bourbon) is [...]
WhistlePig Rye Whiskey distillery: WhistlePig Farm origin: Vermont, USA distilled from: 100 % Rye abv: 50% (100 proof) average price of WhistlePig Rye: $65 for 750mL details: Aged a minimum of 10 years, WhistlePig Straight Rye Whiskey is a 100 proof, 100 percent rye whiskey hand bottled on a former dairy farm in Shoreham, Vermont. [...]
High West Double Rye and Rendezvous Rye distillery: High West origin: bottled in Park City, Utah, USA distilled from: see below awards: Rendezvous Rye won Double Gold at 2008 San Francisco World Spirits Competition details: Double Rye: Marriage of two straight rye whiskies that combines the feisty properties of a high rye 2-year-old and the saddle smooth [...]
Hudson Four Grain Bourbon distillery: Tuthilltown Spirits origin: Gardiner, New York, USA distilled from: corn, rye, wheat, and barley abv: 46% awards: Whiskey Magazine’s Craft Whiskey Distillery of the Year; American Distilling Institute’s Best US Artisan Distiller of 2010; Food and Wine Magazine’s Best New American Whiskey 2010 average price of Hudson Four Grain Bourbon: [...]
Four Roses Straight Bourbons: Single Barrel and Small Batch distillery: Four Roses origin: Lawrenceberg, Kentucky details: Single Barrel: Four Roses bourbon bottled from a single barrel… hence the title “Single Barrel.” I just blew your mind. Mashbill of 60% corn, 35% rye, and 5% malted barley. A rich, flavoursome cask strength bourbon (meaning the bourbon is [...]
Bruichladdich Islay Single Malt Scotch Whiskies distillery: Bruichladdich origin: Isle of Islay Argyll, Scotland, UK details: The famous distillery produces multiple whiskies that fall into two categories: classic (un-peated) and peated. notes: Bruichladdich Distillery was built in 1881 by the Harvey brothers– three brothers who came from a whisky lovin’ family, or shall we say, a [...]
Glenmorangie 12 Year Old Nectar D’Or Extra Matured Whisky and Lasanta 12 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky distillery: Glenmorangie origin: Tain, Scotland, UK (Highland region) notes: Founded in 1843, Glenmorangie is an award-winning distillery that has been striving to produce perfect Scotch for over 160 years, and their devotion to keeping their product pure [...]
St. George Breaking and Entering (B&E) Bourbon distillery: St. George origin: crafted in Kentucky, but blended and bottled in Alameda, California, USA distilled from: a mash of at least 51% corn abv: 43% (86 proof) average price of St. George B&E Bourbon: $34 for 750 mL details: Although crafted in Kentucky, this bourbon was blended [...]
Junior Johnson’s Midnight Moon Moonshine distillery: Piedmont Distillers (they also make Catdaddy Moonshine) origin: Madison, North Carolina distilled from: corn average price: $21 for 750 mL details: Junior Johnson was one of the best race car drivers of the 1950s and 1960s. He was also a moonshiner. And even though Junior was a fast driver [...]
Bols Genever distillery: Lucas Bols origin: Amersterdam, Holland distilled from: rye, wheat, and corn history: Established in 1575, Lucas Bols is one of the world’s oldest distilled spirits brands, and the first registered company in Holland. In 1664, Lucas Bols began distilling genever – a whisky-like triple distillate of rye, wheat and corn (what the Dutch [...]
Big Bottom Straight Bourbon finished in Port Casks the label proclaims: “distilled in Indiana, but perfected in Oregon” torn between two houses: the whiskey is distilled at Lawrenceberg Distillers Indiana (LDI), in Lawrenceberg, Indiana, but it’s aged at Big Bottom Whiskey in Hillsboro, Oregon. LDI is a well-known distillery that produces such whiskies as Bulleit [...]
Rittenhouse 100 Proof Bottled in Bond Rye Whiskey distillery: bottled by Continental Distilling Company, but owned by Heaven Hill Distilleries (they also produce Bernheim Wheat Whiskey) origin: Louisville, Kentucky, USA distilled from: at least a 51% rye mash mixture abv: 50% (100 proof) awards: North American Whiskey of the Year at the 2006 San Francisco World Spirits [...]