Breaking Bourbon – Review: Lost Lantern 2025 Single Cask #1: Santa Fe Spirits New Mexico Single Malt Finished in an Apple Brandy Cask
Read the full review here This latest release from Lost Lantern will appeal to those who like an earthier American single malt with a dab of sweetness. The whiskey is composed of 100% malted barley, 30% of which was mesquite smoked, and Lost Lantern states that it was “aged for 3.5 years in a 53-gallon […]
Maxim – Spirit Of The Week: Lost Lantern Opulent Orchard 7-Year-Old Apple Brandy-Finished Rye Whiskey
Read the full article here “In this case, the whole focus of our Spring 2025 Collection is on how American distilleries are pushing finishing into a new era,” Nora Ganley-Roper explains to Maxim. “We’re showcasing something that is happening in real time.” The concept of ‘finishing’ being, after a whiskey has matured in its initial barrel (usually American […]
Uproxx – The 20 Best New Whiskeys You Need To Chase Down This April, Ranked
Read the full article here 5. Lost Lantern Single Distillery Series: Opulent Orchard New York Distilling Co. The Whiskey: This unique release from the country’s preeminent independent bottlers — Lost Lantern — sees them working alongside one of New York’s first distilleries, New York Distilling Company. For the first rye in the brand’s Single Distillery Series, Lost […]
What Are New American Whiskey Finishing Traditions?
Today, as we’ve discussed in our series of blog posts in the leadup to the launch of the Lost Lantern Spring 2025 Collection, whiskey finishing is an important part of the whiskey tradition all over the world. In the United States, distilleries now routinely finish single malts, bourbons, ryes, and more in secondary casks that […]
Types of Traditional Finished Whiskeys
Types of Traditional Finished Whiskeys: All finishing aims to add or enhance particular flavors in the underlying whiskey. Below are some of the most commonly used types of finishing casks in whiskey production. Most of these initially came to widespread use because they were readily available to the Scotch industry: Sherry, Port, Madeira, and rum […]
