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WhistlePig

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By Ilona Thompson  Rye has a long history with American palates. George Washington was no stranger to its distillation and distribution, becoming the largest purveyor of his time. And who isn’t familiar with cocktail staples such as the Old-Fashioned and Manhattan that made rye a popular pastime? WhistlePig was launched in 2007 on a 200-year old […]

George Dickel

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By Ilona Thompson George Dickel is an accessible domestic whiskey distilled and aged in Tennessee. Although now owned by Diageo, it doesn’t present as a corporate entity. If anything, it feels like a small, family-run operation, with centuries-long history. And as it happens, it is.   Founder, George Dickel, believed that his whiskey was on par […]