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Recently, Seattle-based small-batch distiller Wildwood Spirits reached out with an offer to sample and review a selection of its sprits. I accepted and received three bottles representing a selection of the lineup: Rendition Rye Whiskey, Kur Gin, and perhaps most interestingly, Ginnocence, a non-alcoholic gin. Wildwood touts that it is … Continue reading
My latest article for The Bulletin, which published this week, evaluates Black Butte Whiskey, the collaboration from Deschutes Brewery and Bendistillery (from which I’d received samples). Since I normally write about beer for the paper, aside from the obvious beer tie-in of BBW being distilled from a Black Butte Porter … Continue reading
Bend’s Deschutes Brewery and Bendistillery have again teamed up to release Black Butte Whiskey, the American malt whiskey created from the wash of Black Butte Porter. This year, in addition to the standard five-year whiskey, the duo is also releasing a special single barrel cask strength edition, which is 125.8 … Continue reading
One of the latest additions to the Dragon’s Milk bourbon line from New Holland Brewing is Dragon’s Milk Origin, a small batch 5-year straight bourbon whiskey. It joins the year-round bourbon lineup and recently the company sent me a sample to review; here’s a couple of paragraphs from the press … Continue reading
Michigan’s New Holland Brewing doesn’t just brew beer—the company also distills and produces its own line of spirits, including bourbon and whiskey, rum, gin, and more. Its signature spirit line is perhaps its Beer Barrel Bourbons, which play to the company’s strengths: A unique, first-of-its-kind bourbon. Beer Barrel Bourbon is … Continue reading
New Holland Spirits—the distilling branch of New Holland Brewing—announced the latest edition to its year-round Dragon’s Milk bourbon product line with Dragon’s Milk Origin. Unlike the Beer Barrel Bourbons that the company specializes in, Origin is a straight bourbon whiskey that is five year aged (or more). New Holland sent … Continue reading
Another in my Boilermaker series of beer-and-whiskey reviews, featuring two Portland giants: Widmer Brother Brewing and Westward Whiskey. It’s a review from last fall, when Widmer’s Brrr Hoppy Red winter seasonal was out, and seemed a fitting matchup for the Westward Single Malt Whiskey. Why? Well, because Westward is one … Continue reading
A new Boilermaker Series review! I received and reviewed Easy Rider last summer, the Kentucky bourbon whiskey from Hood River Distillers, a nice easy bourbon with a bit of boozy heat, and thought that the motorcycle/biker theme of the brand would pair up nicely with Boneyard Beer, in a thematic … Continue reading
Bend’s Crux Fermentation Project joins the small club of breweries that have released their own whiskey, with the announcement of its Straight Bourbon Whiskey, produced in partnership with Pursuit Distilling. It’s not a whiskey distilled from an existing Crux beer, but brewmaster Larry Sidor did create a custom wash (basically, … Continue reading
A couple of years ago on a beer/media trip to Yakima, Washington, I’d picked up a bottle of Jameson Caskmates IPA—the Bale Breaker Brewing edition where Topcutter IPA was conditioned in casks that were then used for Jameson Irish Whiskey. So, whiskey finished in casks that were seasoned with IPA. … Continue reading