The Lexington Brewing Company was acquired in 1999 by Pearse Lyons. (Hey! That’s the name of this whiskey!) They didn’t start distilling until 2008 when they purchased pot stills from Scotland. Since this is made in America and not Scotland this is considered an American Malt. This malt is aged in Bourbon barrels that have […]
Read more "Review: Pearse Lyons Reserve"Well this’ll be a couple of firsts for us here at Barrels and Mash. Not only is it the first official High West review, it’s also the first “Light Whiskey” review we’ve done. Hooray for new things! Light Whiskey became a thing in the late 60’s and early 70’s as a way for American whiskey producers […]
Read more "Review: High West 14 Year Light Whiskey"When we visited Colorado last fall for our “beercation” we stopped in on a few distilleries to see what Colorado had going on. Feisty Spirits is in Fort Collins and after a few breweries on our bikes we decided to go check them out. We tried lots of things from this promising distillery including this […]
Read more "Review: Feisty Bier Schnapps"Man, I’ve been meaning to write this one for a long time, just look at that pic, the grass was green when I took it for this review! Well today seems like an appropriate to drink and write about Stranhan’s given that it’s produced in Denver and the Broncos are playing in the Super Bowl […]
Read more "Review: Stranahan’s"The Oak Reserve is Asheville’s Heirloom Moonshine Platinum aged in Bourbon barrels. “Troy & Sons Distillers was founded in North Carolina. Because of the small batch distillation that they use, they admit to some variability in each distillation–in fact, they regard it as a stamp of their authenticity and they put a stamp with the […]
Read more "Review: Troy & Sons Oak Reserve"Troy & Sons is named for Troy Ball and her three sons. She and Charlie, her husband, started by making moonshine. “She’s the fourth female distillery owner in the country, and the first to make moonshine” according to Garden and Gun, you can read the whole article here. “Blonde starts with heirloom Turkey Red Wheat […]
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