Whiskey fans have a lot of thoughts about Diageo’s Orphan Barrel brand, a series of whiskey releases that supposedly come from forgotten casks discovered slumbering in the darkened corners of ...

Since she took over as general manager and distiller at Cascade Hollow Distilling Co., which produces the venerable George Dickel brand, Nicole Austin has become one of the superstars of Tennessee ...

Diageo’s Orphan Barrel Whisky Co. is launching its latest release today, and it’s the first rye whiskey to ever be a part of this high-end brand. We got the chance to talk to master blender Samantha ...

In a whiskey market that has become absolutely inundated with “special” and limited release whiskeys–although many are bourbon–in recent years, it can be hard to know exactly how the perception of a ...

/PRNewswire/ -- Since its inception, the Orphan Barrel Whiskey Co. has set out to find and share barrels of rare whiskey, nearly forgotten before being bottled for the world to try. Today, they are ...

NEW YORK, March 3, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- Orphan Barrel presents a new liquid within its collection: Fanged Pursuit Kentucky Straight Bourbon Aged 17 Years. This introduction marks the first North ...

Anything is possible, I suppose, but it’s extremely unlikely that any distillery or whiskey brand would actually misplace a barrel of whiskey. Casks are barcoded and inventory is carefully monitored ...

Johnson is, by her own admission, relatively new to the whiskey industry. She joined Diageo as a quality technician in 2018 and was promoted to master blender in 2020. She previously worked on ...