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Second Round Of Experiments At Buffalo Trace’s Warehouse X Complete
Buffalo Trace Distillery just wrapped up its second experiment utilizing its custom made, experimental Warehouse X. This experiment began in 2016 and focused on how temperature affects the aging...
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Best George T. Stagg Bourbons Of This Decade
By Richard Thomas George T. Stagg Bourbon(Credit: Buffalo Trace) American limited edition whiskeys are fast becoming collectible items, and some of those terms I just used have implications. Most, but...
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Leopold Brothers Adds Floor Maltings To Its Repertoire
Centennial State craft distillery Leopold Brothers already had a claim to being one of the most interesting whiskey producers in the United States when it commissioned Vendome to build it an...
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How Whiskey-Makers Are Switching To Hand Sanitizer
By Richard Thomas (Credit: Traverse City Whiskey Co.) As a drinks writer, one of the mainstays of my news alerts, inbox and correspondence with my colleagues is the partial conversion of the distilling...
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Canadian Whisky 101
By Richard Thomas Diageo’s Crown Royal plant(Credit: Public Domain) World whisk(e)y has three fundamental production models. The first and most familiar to the global audience is the Irish-Scots model,...
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New Riff Distilling announces the release of an unprecedented bourbon and rye duo in early May, part of an ongoing exploration of the deep truths and deeper mysteries of the sour mash method. Like all...
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The Seven Most Persistent Bourbon Myths
By Richard Thomas ASBs on the move at Woodford Reserve(Credit: Public Domain) Before covid-19 slapped whiskey club meetings, distillery tours, certification courses and brand-hosting tastings closed,...
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