Tattersall Distilling isn’t a big distillery, but its rye whiskey and wheated bourbon are both excellent.

For years, bottled-in-bond was a whiskey category that was off limits to most craft distilleries. The reason for this? Most of them didn’t have any whiskey that met its strict definition: exactly 100 proof, the product of one distillery and one distillation season, and aged in a federally bonded warehouse for at least four years. 

That last part was the real sticking point; most small distilleries released their whiskey much younger than four years old, often only after maturing for a year or two.