Traverse City Whiskey Co. has scored very high here on The Liquor Authority. Today we review their North Coast Rye which is a blended rye of American Rye and Straight Rye Whiskey. Made in small batches, and our review bottle comes from Batch No. 007. Feel free to insert any James Bond jokes you may have here. We were sent samples which has no affect on our final score, but we should point out we […]
Located in Northern Michigan near Grand Traverse Bay, which is part of Lake Michigan sits Traverse City Whiskey Company. Michigan might not be synonymous with Rye but the company is quietly making a name for themselves. We recently gave their barrel proof bourbon a 96 rating which had us eager to try the barrel proof Rye. According to the bottle, “This uncut rye whiskey is age for more than four years and has a traditional […]
According to the label on Michter’s Single Barrel Rye, “We are proud to offer you our Single Barrel Straight Rye Whiskey. In the Michter’s tradition hailing from one of America’s first distillers, this whiskey is Ade from the highest quality American Rye and matured in a hand-selected white oak barrel. Is the then further mellowed by our signature filtration.” The distillery which made Michter’s pre-dates the Revolutionary War. Established in 1753 by a Swiss Mennonite […]
Born on tour by Country Music powerhouses Jason Aldeen along with Tyler Hubbard & Brian Kelley (Florida Georgia Line) comes this collaboration that was awarded a 2020 Gold Medal from the Sip Awards. Like many private labels the bourbon is sourced at MGP in Indiana. The distillery now known as MGP was founded in 1847 before being sold to Seagrams in 1933. Since that sale the company has gone through various ownership changes until 2011 when […]