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whiskeyraiders.com: A Pennsylvania rye distillery, Dad’s Hat has been in the game for years at this point, slowly and determinedly trudging forward with the intent to make authentic Pennsylvania-style rye whiskey that can’t be ignored. This craft producer is distilling and bottling its own whiskey. This is the distillery’s flagship expression, bottled at 45% ABV. Let’s dive in.

Food & Wine: Dad’s Hat Maple Finish Rye – Local maple syrup producers first age their liquid in these casks, which then are filled with Dad’s Hat’s excellent rye. The result is full of honey-coated nuts — pecans, walnuts, almonds — as well as maple pralines and orange marmalade, all tingling with just the right amount of rye spice.

Men’s Journal: If you’ve never tried Dad’s Hat Rye, now’s your chance. While you can’t go wrong with its flagship Classic Rye, we suggest getting a little wild and trying its unique Dad’s Hat Pennsylvania Vermouth Finish Rye.

PunchDrink.com: Dad’s Hat typifies the Old Monongahela style, with a mash bill of 80 percent rye, 15 percent malted barley and 5 percent malted rye. It presents a nose of aromatic wood and baking spice, along with flavors of lychee, Christmas spices and cinnamon candy.

SevenFifty Daily: These U.S. producers are adapting a Scottish practice to make whiskeys by blending barrels from select craft distillers.

The Spirits Business: “It’s great the tariffs are lifted, but it’s going to take a bit more time for us to get the momentum back,” said Herman Mihalich, founder and distiller of Dad’s Hat Rye Whiskey in Pennsylvania. “Returning to these important international markets has been challenging.”

The U.S. has been in the midst of an unprecedented bourbon boom for over a decade now, and given its rich history even before its latest surge in popularity, it’s fair to say that the classic Kentucky spirit (95% of all bourbon is made in Kentucky, per LuxRow Distillers) is now firmly entrenched as the classic American spirit.