What is a Whiskey Tasting? Although a tasting can take many forms, we’re comparing multiple whiskeys using similarities and differences to better understand each spirit. Have fun! Unless you're being paid to taste whiskey (if so, congratulations!), then the idea is to better your understanding and appreciation and to have fun while doing it.… Continue reading What Is a Whiskey Tasting?
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Rise of Lancaster Beer & Drink Scene
Thank you to Fig Magazine for the shout out in "Cheers To The Rise Of Lancaster City’s Local Craft Beer & Drink Scene" "Stoll & Wolfe is on a mission to honor the past while protecting the future legacy of Pennsylvania whiskey. Dick Stoll and Erik and Avianna Wolfe are now producing a distillation of… Continue reading Rise of Lancaster Beer & Drink Scene
Horting’s Rye Whiskey
Horting’s Rye Whiskey, distilled by John C. Horting less than a mile from our Tasting Room in Lititz prior to Prohibition. Although distilled here in Lititz, much of the whiskey was sold via retail in Lancaster City (as indicated by the label and link below). For Lancaster County residents, the building is the current home… Continue reading Horting’s Rye Whiskey
Lancaster County Limestone
Local residents have known since the 1740s we're sitting atop large aquifers brimming with limestone rich water. In fact, there's an old joke that our water is so hard if you throw it at the barn window, it will break the window. Luckily for us, water with high amounts of dissolved limestone (especially limestone with… Continue reading Lancaster County Limestone
Tasting Whiskey
Some days the Tasting Room becomes the location for a video shoot. To check out the video for advice on hosting your own whiskey tasting, click here.
Dick Stoll Quoted in Daily Beast by Lew Bryson
Is the Secret to Kentucky Bourbon Limestone Water?" BY LEW BRYSON. "...I grew up in eastern Pennsylvania, and limestone bedrock literally poked up through the grass in my neighbor’s yard. Our well pumped water that was so hard you could taste it. They produced whiskey not far away, at a distillery that’s since closed down:… Continue reading Dick Stoll Quoted in Daily Beast by Lew Bryson
Axis of Whiskey Review – Bourbon & Rye Blend
Producer: Stoll & Wolfe. Distillers: MGP and Finger Lakes Distillery. ABV: 43%. Blend: 80% bourbon, 20% rye. Batch 1. "Stoll & Wolfe Distillery was called Bomberger’s before Michter’s owner Chatham Imports sued them over the use of the name. (It’s complicated…see Fred Minnick’s excellent site for the blow-by-blow.) Stoll & Wolfe has made the best of… Continue reading Axis of Whiskey Review – Bourbon & Rye Blend
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