Louisiana’s J.T. Meleck Distillers now offers its brand of rice whiskey throughout the year, including a single-barrel cask strength option for select retailers in its home state.
“With our new American Rice Whiskey, we are offering our best,” said Mike Frugé, founder and owner of Frugé Spirits, in a prepared statement. “We were patient in our process to release a rice whiskey that was the best it could be, authentic to our Louisiana brand and true to our family’s story.”
J.T. Meleck Rice Whiskey first started in 2021 as a limited holiday offering called the Small Batch Founder’s Edition. The whiskey came about after the success of the brand’s first rice-based spirit, J.T. Meleck Rice Vodka.