SHOREHAM, Vt. — WhistlePig Whiskey, an independent craft whiskey maker, says it is taking on big bourbon in its own backyard.

I write about whiskey for a living, so that means that I have to taste a lot of it—in moderation, of course. Generally ...

right down to hammering a bung into the oak barrel. The whiskey then ages in a charred oak barrel until it qualifies as bourbon. The requirement is at least two years. “I wanted to do more ...

and RD1 Kentucky Straight Bourbon Double Finished In Oak And Maple Barrels (99.9 proof). The bourbons are aged for a minimum of four years, and RD1 claims it removes the bungs of specific barrels ...

In short, cooperages only make the barrels bourbon ages in. Distilleries generally focus on the whiskey-making side. Bourbon barrels are typically made of oak, which is dried, shaped into a barrel ...

Master Distiller Chris Morris chose two lots of barrels to set aside for the limited-release product from 2007. The 2024 expression is a 16-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, featuring a ...