On the Road at the Victoria Whisky Festival
This week, we’re in Victoria, British Columbia for the annual Victoria Whisky Festival, one of the world’s great whisky events. The Canadian Whisky Awards were… Read More
January 2025
WF’s Quirky Little Duos, today Arbikie vs Lochside
Arbikie 5 yo ‘Cask Strength Edition 1’ (59.7%, OB, Distillers Series, Scottish rye, 966 bottles, 2024)
Lochside 1981/2001 (61.0%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #92.10)
Four Roses Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey Review
Updated January 19, 2025 By Richard Thomas Average Rating: B While working up a feature on the 2025 release of a Single Barrel Collection by Four Roses, one containing four of the ten bourbon variants the distillery makes, I realized that our review for Four Roses Single Barrel was published in 2011 and last …
Lochlea Celebrates Sixth Anniversary With Whisky Release
Lowlands Lochlea Distillery has released a limited edition whisky – Lochlea 6 Year Old – to celebrate, appropriately enough, their sixth anniversary. Lochlea 6 Year Old blends liquid from six casks – three bourbon barrels and three Oloroso sherry casks – from the distillery’s inaugural year of 2018, was bottled at 50% alcohol by volume […]
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Sexton Reveals 11-Year-Old For Travel Retail Venues
Irish whiskey brand, The Sexton, has released their initial offering for worldwide travel retail venues – an 11-year-old single malt Irish whiskey aged in Oloroso sherry-soaked French oak barrels originating from Jerez, Spain. The Sexton 11 Year Old Single Malt was derived from 100% Irish malted barley, triple-distilled in copper pot stills, matured in Spanish […]
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An avalanche of white rums to bring the sunshine in
Black Stripe (40%, OB, Canada, +/-2020)
La Favorite ‘Cœur de Canne’ (50%, OB, La Martinique, agricole, +/-2023)
Taragawa (40%, OB, Japan, +/-2023)
Aguardiente de Cana (46.9%, OB, El Destilado, Mexico, +/-2020)
Duppy Share White (40…
True Crime Among the Bourbon Barons
After Prohibition, Old Crow advertising emphasized the brand’s history.The tale of the 1895 Brown-Gordon murders may seem like a stretch for a publication devoted to American whiskey, but the involvement of a principal in America’s most successfu…
The Glenmorangie Company Preps Ardbeg House For 2025 Opening
The Glenmorangie Company is preparing for the opening – currently scheduled for Autumn 2025 – of their new Ardbeg House hotel, near Port Ellen, a few miles from the Ardbeg Distillery on the island of Islay in Scotland. Formerly named Glenmorangie House, the Glenmorangie Company’s Ardbeg House is being described as a world-class whisky and […]
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TWiB: Brown-Forman Makes Sweeping Cuts, TTB Authorizes New Bottle Sizes, Woodford Double Double Oaked National Debut
It’s This Week in Bourbon for January 17th, 2025. Brown-Forman makes sweeping cuts across the organization and closes its cooperage, The TTB […]
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Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batch C924 Review: 129 Proof Bourbon Excellence
The finish ties it all together expertly with torched sugar, chocolate mint, and lingering notes of marmalade and chai tea. It’s perhaps not the stunner we were given at the end of 2023, but there’s certainly nothing to complain about here.