Craft Brewing and Distilling News for May 6, 2022

•Louisville, Kentucky-based Buzzard’s Roost is relaunching its inaugural whiskey under a new name.Char 1 Rye, formerly known as Very Small Batch Rye, is a three-year-old Indiana rye whiskey. “We are the first whiskey brand to only use Char 1 barrels for the second barrel maturation, and we do it because of what it brings to the whiskey in terms of flavor and color,” noted co-founder and master blender Jason Brauner. Retailing at $49 a 750-ml., the 52.5% abv whiskey has a mashbill of 95% rye and 5% malted barley. It’s currently distributed to Kentucky, Massachusetts, Ohio, New Mexico, and Arkansas, with further expansion planned.

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