Heaven Hill’s Deatsville campus is winding down. The site — built on the grounds of the former T.W. Samuels Distillery, which Heaven Hill took over in the early 1980s — will transition out of active aging within the next 12 to 24 months. No new barrels will fill it; what’s there now is what’s left. […]
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Only two years ago Sonoma-based Graton Distillery released Redwood Empire, a blend of its own microdistilled spirit and sourced whiskey. Now the brand is back with not one, not two, but three new expressions which collectively replace the 2018 release. Here’s all the details to get you started. Purple Wine + Spirits today announced its… The post Review: Redwood Empire Pipe Dream, Emerald Giant, and Lost Monarch (Updated 2026) appeared first on Drinkhacker: The Insider's Guide to Good Drinking .
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