Bruichladdich, the Islay distillery known for its experimental releases, has introduced The Laddie Rye, a 7-year-old Scotch whisky made from 55% rye and 45% barley — the first rye whisky produced on ...

For nearly a century, the Codys farmed barley and rye in Alamosa, Colorado, before opening their malting company and brewery. In Lyons, 250 miles north, Spirit Hound Distillers similarly wagered its ...

While wheat is by far the most widely grown grain in the United States, some would argue that the country was built on rye. Beginning in the 1620s, when the Dutch brought it to the colonies, this ...

These days when you say rye in Kentucky most people think about whiskey, as they should. But some farmers, agricultural researchers, environmentalists, brewers, chefs and bakers are trying to broaden ...

When rye whiskey first made its comeback after a decades-long slump, around 2010, nobody really gave much thought to where the rye used to distill it came from. Most of it was from outside the U.S. — ...

Throughout the 500-plus-year history of Scotch whisky, it has almost always been distilled from one grain: malted barley. Sure, grain whisky — made from corn wheat, unmalted barley, and other grains — ...

Distilled from 55% rye and 45% barley grown entirely on Islay, the 7-year-old whisky emerged from a crop rotation experiment designed to restore and strengthen the island’s soil. Bruichladdich, the ...