George Dickel is an iconic Tennessee whiskey (but as a brand, they spell whisky without the “e”) that deserves a lot of love, particularly for their releases from the past few years. Lost Lantern is a non-distilling, Vermont-based independent bottler of American whiskey that works almost exclusively with smaller craft brands.

It’s an unlikely duo to collaborate, but their Lost Lantern George Dickel Collection , out now, might be the best whisk(e)y team-up of the year.

Dickel hails from Cascade Hollow Distilling Co., founded in 1878 and rebuilt in the 1950s. The whisky brand’s recent critical and popular resurgence can be attributed to distiller Nicole Austin joining in 2018 (Austin also serves as Diageo’s Director of American Whiskey Liquid Development).…