By Richard Thomas Rating: B Situated an hour’s drive northwest of Glasgow, Glengoyne is a Highlands distillery, but only just. It’s the southernmost distillery of the Highlands region. Owned by Ian Macleod Distillers since 2003, it’s a small, farm-style distillery with one wash and two spirit stills with boil bulbs and a style rooted in …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ When Shane Baker and Pat Heist set out to get into the business of making whiskey (as the owners of Ferm Solutions consultantcy, they already had a foothold in the whiskey business generally), they had two wants. Both men are self-confessed whiskey nerds at a time when whiskey nerds in …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B O’Shaughnessy Distilling Company has certainly stirred up much buzz since getting started. While many new American distillers have procured the services of a master distiller from a big whiskey company, those are usually 1) retired and starting a second career as a consultant; and 2) American. Poaching such a person …
By Richard Thomas Rating: C Port and bourbon are one of those pairings that, when right, can be an absolute home run. Something that elevates the sweetness while controlling that sweetness through tannin and oak, being an easy drinker without veering into dessert whiskey. More often than not, however, the two are used somewhat haphazardly …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B- For good or for ill, Templeton is one of the most storied names to come out of the American whiskey boom of the 21st Century. Getting their start as a sourced brand in the 2000s, they spun a story of being inspired by Iowa bootleggers who supplied rye whiskey to… Continue reading Templeton Fortitude Bourbon Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Lexington Brewing & Distilling’s Town Branch 7 Year Old Single Malt is a product of brewstilling synergy. Whether the whiskey was made with the distillery’s pot still is unknown, but what is known is that it was aged for seven-plus years in old Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale barrels. That drink, …
By Richard Thomas Rating: C- Triple Dog Irish Whiskey is certainly packaged to catch your eye from the shelf: its modern, sleek design and red and black colors will stand out amid a cluster of just about any potential mixture of whiskey bottles. Although I find the studded collar on the neck of the bottle …
By Richard Thomas Rating: For more than a decade, American Malt Whiskey has been the unquestioned domain of the craft distiller. The mixology-driven Rye Crunch of 2011-12 gave small whiskey-makers some space to carve out a niche in reviving moribund rye whiskey styles, but most rye sold is still made by big distillers in Canada …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B While I know it has been many years since Jack Daniel’s made their initial foray into rye whiskey, it sometimes seems like it was only the other day when Jack Daniel’s released their rye counterpart to Old No. 7. In reality, that was also several years ago, six and a …
By Alex Southgate Rating: B You have to love a good special edition and the one examined here is very close to home for me personally: the Peated Single Grain Scotch Whisky from Loch Lomond that was bottled especially for the 2021 Southport Whisky Festival. Southport, England, is my home town and I’m always going …
