Old Rip Van Winkle 25 Year proved one of the more interesting investment opportunities, selling at around £25,000 a bottle. But Pappy was not unique, and American whiskies like LeNell’s Redhook Rye, or Rittenhouse Rye 25YO from the Heaven Hill Distillery were among others quietly earning legendary status.
A decade on, American whiskey is truly competing in the luxury stakes with Scotch and Japanese bottles. And when better than Thanksgiving to explore the very best spirits offered by distillers from over the Atlantic?
As one whiskey-mad LA Times writer put it: "Something from the whiskey family may work even better at cutting through the holiday meal’s richness, and at soothing uncomfortable family exchanges across the table.
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