Clay Risen

It is a striking turn of events for a nine-year-old company that has been held up as an emblem for the rapid changes coursing through the American whisky industry.

The whisky world is reeling, but this company has bigger troubles

Tenmile Distillery in Dutchess County, New York aspires to produce a whiskey that in its aroma, palate and texture closely approximates single malt scotch.

American single malt whiskey, a freewheeling cousin of scotch, comes of age