J. Rieger & Co. on Getting Back to Basics

Dear Client: After a year like 2025, Missouri-based distiller J. Rieger & Co. is focused on getting back to the basics in 2026, co-founder Andy Rieger tells WSD.  According to Andy, J. Rieger's production was down in 2025 to about 1,300 barrels, distributing about 40,000 cases, and they plan to cut back on production in 2026 similar to other whiskey producers.   "So we're not huge, but we're not small," says Andy, adding that they're "big enough to have scale, but