KO Distillery: Distiller’s Reserve Bourbon. Bottled in Bond. Single Barrel Version. Based in Manassas VA, KO distillery’s first aged...

Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch Whiskey. A new distillery in Tennessee, founded in 2017, and named after Nearest Green, a slave worker who...

R.D. Wilhelm Distillery: Reverend Spirits Bourbon. Kicking off their plans for a distillery way back in 2011, restaurateurs Karl...

Whisky aficionados devote a lot of time and attention to reviews, ratings and awards allotted to whiskies by ‘experts’, both professional...

Hilltop Distillery As mentioned in previous postings Hilltop is a recently established, family run craft distillery in Goochland, a few...

Hilltop Distillery Hilltop is a family run craft distillery in Goochland, a few miles north west of Richmond. Situated on top of a sharp...

Copper Fox Dawson’s Reserve Bourbon. Dating back to 2005, Copper Fox runs two distilleries in the state, one in Sperryville and another...

All whisky spends some time (usually 3+ years) after distillation in wooden barrels to ‘mature’. Maturation is typically the key...

Just a quick update to a previous posting. A group of major Japanese Whisky producers have agreed to implement a set of rules for the use...

I am preparing a tasting comparison of various whiskies that have all been finished in barrels previously used to mature sherry or port ....

With monks distilling whiskey as early as the 1100's AD, Irish whiskey predates scotch whisky production. Mainstream Irish whiskey is...

Virginia’s Reservoir and Copper Fox Limited Editions. Every distillery has its core range of whiskies, its bread, and butter. Among those...

More tastings to come in September. In the meantime I have a question for you. What is your 'go to' whisky? The whisky that you would...

Virginia Distillery Company has released their flagship single malt whisky, Courage and Conviction, following up on their ‘sneak peek’...

Local. With the growth in whisky demand in the last two decades, ‘craft’ distilleries are carving out their niche in the whisky market....

Rye was the original America Whisky and has, in recent years, reemerged to offer an alternative to the domination of the market by...

American Single Malt Whisky Tasting Though unlikely to ever challenge the popularity of bourbon or rye in the USA, many craft...

Intro: Friends of ours dropped by with a gift tasting set of three New Zealand whiskies they had picked up on a vacation there. The...

Intro: My first taste of a Welsh Single Malt, but I did not get the 'fancy' bottle in this USA import version. This distillery started in...

June 2019: OK, this is the first blog posting on this website, which will be a monthly event as we ramp up this whole enterprise. Where...