The history of Mellow Corn whiskey is one of tradition and revival. It originated in the heart of Kentucky and was created by the Medley Distilling Company in 1945. As with many old distilleries ...

Welcome to the Cult of Mellow Corn. We have memes. Bearing the same chintzy label it did at its release in 1945, Mellow Corn can be found buried on Heaven Hill Distillery’s brand page — and somewhere ...

This would mean, typically, that a single barrel is going to be wildly unbalanced, leaning either drastically in the direction of a high rye character, or toward something like Mellow Corn.

And now there’s Mellow Corn, a whiskey made with at least 80 percent corn in the mashbill and aged for four years in a used oak barrel. (Bourbon, of course, is made with at least 51 percent corn ...