A lot of spirits have been released in recent days to celebrate the 250th anniversary of the United States—far too many to cover, and not all of them necessarily worthy of the ink. One that does stand out, however, is Heaven Hill’s new Rittenhouse United States 250th Anniversary Commemorative Edition—an older version of its core rye whiskey that sounds like a bottle that collectors will want to look out for.
Rittenhouse was originally a Pennsylvania rye whiskey, and in…

