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62 articles
Most bourbon ages in barrels holding around 53 gallons, but that's a tradition, not a rule. Some distilleries use much smaller barrels instead…
Long before a whiskey ages a single day, distillers make a decision that shapes everything that follows: the proof it enters the barrel at.
Michigan's weather does more than shape what people wear outside. It shapes what's happening inside every barrel aging in the state.
Two barrels filled the same day, from the same batch, can still taste different. Where they end up stored in the warehouse is a big part...
These two terms get used almost interchangeably, but they describe genuinely different steps in making a barrel.
Every bourbon barrel gets set on fire briefly before it's filled, and how long that burn lasts changes a lot about what ends up in the...
It's easy to assume a longer age statement automatically means a better whiskey. With rye, that assumption doesn't always hold up.
If standard rye whiskey already feels bold, high-proof rye takes that same character and pushes it further.
Most people don't associate Michigan with whiskey history, but before Prohibition, this state led the country in rye production.
Rye whiskey was the original base spirit for some of America's most enduring cocktails, and both are simple enough to make at home.
Bourbon and rye follow nearly identical rules on paper, and taste almost nothing alike in the glass.
Rye whiskey gets called spicy across the board, but the intensity and character of that spice varies a lot more than the label usually lets on.
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