Finally a bit of cold-pressed vanilla extract was added to the bourbon, making this a flavored whiskey (technically a distilled spirit specialty) instead of a cask-finished bourbon. But this is ...

Beam instructed his team to empty the barrels and store the bourbon in steel tanks. Rye Whiskey vs. Bourbon: What's the Difference? Beam passed away in 2017. In 2024, Heaven Hill chose to release ...

Let’s fix that today. As I mentioned above, in some cases, rye whiskey (primarily those made in Kentucky) isn’t even all that dissimilar from high-quality bourbon. So-called “barely legal ...