Rye Whiskey
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Bhakta 1928 Blends Rye Whiskey with Calvados and Armagnac
WhistlePig, synonymous with top-notch American whiskey, witnessed a turning point in 2019 when founder Raj Bhakta departed to embark on a new venture. However, this departure only fueled Bhakta's passion for spirits, culminating in the creation of something extraordinary – the Bhakta 1928. Taking the reins of a brandy cellar…
Rye Is Coming Back to Kentucky with the Help of Woodford Reserve
One of my college professors, Dr. McKay Jenkins, has a TEDx Talk on the abstraction of American food. He covers a few different angles in the talk, all of them revolving around his thesis that we have no idea where our food comes from. After the Second World War, we…
Why Your Next Favorite Rye Whiskey Just Might Be This All-Texas Bottle
Welcome to Add to Bar Cart, where Cool Material’s writers and editors recommend the spirits that they’re enjoying most right now. While bourbon is usually the first spirit to come to mind when thinking about American whiskey, rye has been a staple since the mid-1700s. It’s a must-have for many…
What to Drink This Weekend: The Slope
Looking for a new cocktail to try out this weekend? Want to wind down with a fresh new drink? We’ve got you covered. Here’s what you should drink this weekend. With the cooler weather and crisp chill of autumn, there are few better choices of spirits in your fall cocktails…
Add to Bar Cart: Redemption Sur Lee Is a Rye Whiskey Unlike Any Other
Welcome to Add to Bar Cart, where Cool Material's writers and editors recommend the spirits that they're enjoying most right now. Redemption Whiskey has made a name for itself in the world of rye thanks to an accessible price point and big flavor that's perfect for cocktails. It doesn’t hurt…
Crafting The Morning Dram Barrel Aged Coffee With Keeper’s Heart in Minneapolis
If my name is familiar to you, it’s most likely because I’m the owner of two of New York’s most acclaimed and awarded whiskey bars, Fine & Rare and The Flatiron Room. It’s not easy to keep any business going in Manhattan for close to a decade, even without a…
What’s the Difference Between Bourbon and Whiskey?
If we didn't need water to survive and coffee to function, it's a fair bet we'd be consuming what we consider America's favorite drink--bourbon--all day long. That's obviously not sustainable, but we can all dream, right? What is bourbon? Why is it so delicious? How's it made? What's the difference…
What to Drink This Weekend: Sazerac
Looking for a new cocktail to try out this weekend? Want to wind down with a fresh new drink? We’ve got you covered. Here’s what you should drink this weekend. The Sazerac is an American classic. The official cocktail of New Orleans, the Sazerac drink was named for a particular…
What to Drink This Weekend: The Black Manhattan
Looking for a new cocktail to try out this weekend? Want to wind down with a fresh new drink? We’ve got you covered. Here’s what you should drink this weekend. The weather is ever so slowly turning colder, there's a crispness in the air, and the days are getting shorter.…
Knob Creek Twice Barreled Rye
Knob Creek is celebrating the holidays this year with a new and special iteration of their award-winning rye whiskey. As you might have guessed by the name, this is Knob Creek Straight Rye Whiskey (2016 International Wine and Spirits Competition Best Rye Worldwide Whiskey) that's been secondarily finished in new,…
11 Easy Cocktails that Don’t Suck
The downside of the recent cocktail resurgence is there are a ton of delicious recipes that depend on ingredients you can’t reasonably be expected to have at home. They’re made of things that come from countries we’ve never heard of, in glassware we thought were props in J.J. Abrams's latest…
8 Cask Strength Whiskies to Keep You Warm This Winter
Call it cask strength, barrel proof or overproof, there's always a case to be made for a good, high proof whiskey. It gives you the opportunity to taste the spirit as if it had just come out of the barrel, because it pretty much did. Whether you're curling up in front…
The Turbulent History of Rye Whiskey: The Real American Spirit
For brewing and distilling, these are days of revival. Brewing was a macro-lager mess up until a few years ago, when craft brewing exploded, giving us roughly ten million choices in even the smallest liquor stores. Craft distilling is seeing a similar revitalization. Where we once had only a few…
7 Unique Whiskeys Worth Searching For
Whiskey is ripe for experimentation right now and distillers are switching up every step of the process. They’re using new grains, changing their casks, and taking the aging process mobile. Some of these experiments make for great new whiskeys, while others end up tasting like something you’d use in a…
10 Craft Whiskeys You Have to Try
Buying whiskey from craft distillers is not only a responsible way to spend your drinking money, but it will also net you some seriously good booze from people who aren’t afraid to experiment with the form. Pretty much every whiskey on this list does something unconventional, whether it’s aging in…
