New and Highly Rated Whiskeys

Green River Rye is a Kentucky straight rye whiskey made from a mash bill of 95% rye and 5% malted barley. This is the third core release for the brand's portfolio. Aged from 4-6 years, this is distilled, aged, and bottled at Green River Distilling Co. in Owensboro, Kentucky. Bottled at 95 proof, availability begins February 1, 2024 nationwide. (SRP $34.99)

This 12 Year bottling is one of three new single malts for Glenglassaugh in the relaunch of its core portfolio. Aged for a minimum of 12 years, this coastal single malt was matured in three different casks: bourbon, sherry, and red wine casks. Like all single malts in its portfolio, the casks were matured in coastal warehouses overlooking Sandend Bay. With the new portfolio comes an updated bottle design. Bottled at 45% ABV, this launched in summer 2023 with the US getting its allotment in September 2023. (SRP $65)

This signature release from Killowen features a sourced single malt whiskey matured for a minimum 5 years in ex-bourbon barrels. It was finished in a combination of ex-Pedro Ximénez (PX) sherry casks and ones that had been used to age the distillery's own dark rum. Bottled at 55% ABV, it's available in the US beginning March 2024. (SRP $77/375ml)

This expression is a single barrel selection of rye that is made from 90% rye and 10% malted barley that is grown in NY state. It is matured in a 30-gallon new, charred American oak barrel with a #3 char for an average of 5 years. It is bottled non-chill filtered at 90 proof in Brooklyn, NY.

This release uses the same mash bill as the one Abraham Overholt used when he founded the brand in Pennsylvania in 1810 — 80% rye and 20% soft malted barley. Today, the Overholt brand is made in Clermont, Kentucky at the James B. Beam Distilling Co. with other Overholt Rye bottlings incorporating some corn in the recipe unlike this release. Bottled at 47.5% ABV, A. Overholt Straight Rye is available nationwide beginning April 2024. (SRP $39.99)

Torabhaig is a single malt distillery located on the Isle of Skye. Its first ever release was in 2017, and this bottling, Cnoc Na Mòine, is the third chapter of its Legacy Series, in which it chronicles its pursuit of reaching a 10 year old whisky and flagship edition. It's a sherry-matured, peated single malt, bottled at 92 proof, and non-chill filtered.

Following a 7 year-old rye whiskey released in 2023, Knob Creek has introduced a 10 year-old rye whiskey. Aged in deeply charred American oak barrels, this Kentucky straight rye whiskey is made in the pre-Prohibition style. It is a permanent addition to the Knob Creek portfolio. Bottled at 100 proof, it's available nationwide beginning June 2024. (SRP $69.99)

French Oak is the second in the brand's Oak Series, an ongoing series which features more everyday offerings. Here, American whiskey blender Dixon Dedman inserts chains of charred French oak into bourbon barrels with a moderate amount of rye in the mash bill recipe. Available nationwide beginning September 2024. (SRP $49.99)

This High Wheat Bourbon is a new addition to the brand's estate-distilled Origin Series with 100% of production including distilling, aging, and bottling handled by the brand in Bardstown. Here, a bourbon mash bill with a high percentage of wheat is used in the production (53% corn, 39% wheat, 8% malted barley). Aged for 6 years, this is bottled at 106 proof (53% ABV). This is the fourth release and the second wheated bourbon in the Origin Series following their Bottled in Bond Bourbon made with 20% wheat. Availability for this new core offering begins August 2024. (SRP $49.99)

Triple Oak joins the brand's Signature Series which also includes the Port Wine Barrel finished bourbon released in 2011 and Caribbean Rum Cask finished rye released in 2013. It's made from a blend of three oak-finished bourbons with the followings types of barrels: Hungarian oak (Hungary), Chinkapin oak (Kentucky), French oak (France). Bottled at 46%, this is an ongoing release with availability nationwide beginning October 2024 with an early release exclusively at the distillery in downtown Louisville on September 14, 2024. (SRP $74.99)