Basil Hayden, part of the Jim Beam Small Batch Collection since 1992, has long been familiar to whiskey fans for two main reasons. First, the bourbon is known for having a high rye mash bill, which ...

Basil Hayden, part of the Jim Beam Small Batch Collection, just announced the addition of yet another whiskey to its lineup. But this one isn’t a bourbon—it’s a new rye whiskey made from an unusual ...

Old Grand-Dad, or OGD as it’s affectionately known, was created by Raymond B. Hayden. It was named for his grandfather, Basil Hayden Sr., whose visage appears on the label. The bourbon is part of the ...

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Brian Freedman is a wine, spirits, travel, and food writer; event host and speaker; and drinks educator. He regularly contributes to Food & Wine, and his first book, Crushed: How A Changing Climate Is ...

Basil Hayden Red Wine Cask can serve as an entry bourbon for seasoned wine drinkers and cocktail fodder for wine-curious whiskey lovers. Men’s Journal aims to feature only the best products and ...

If it’s true that the whiskey industry likes a good gimmick, it’s doubly true of the bourbon sphere—when a trend catches on, it tends to pick up momentum until it achieves complete inundation of the ...

Well, that second point isn’t about to change anytime soon, and according to eighth generation Beam family distiller, Freddie Noe, that’s just the way things should be. “What I love about Basil Hayden ...

It seems that Basil Hayden has become a bit of a testing ground for eighth-generation master distiller Freddie Noe’s ideas (he’s the son of Beam master distiller Fred Noe and grandson of Booker Noe, ...