By Richard Thomas Although some magazines and websites revisit the subject of best whiskeys annually, I prefer to wait at least five years before tackling the subject again, at least under my own banner. It’s been almost five years for this particular round-up, so I am jumping the gun a little bit, but I have …
Nearest Green Distillery has released a trio of whiskies to add to their popular Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey portfolio – Uncle Nearest Straight Rye, Uncle Nearest Single Barrel Black Label Whiskey, and Uncle Nearest Single Barrel Rye. Uncle Nearest Straight Rye is bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] and is said to contain […]
A few months ago, I received a thoughtful surprise from a whiskey friend: two private-barrel bottlings from The Sugar House in Detroit, MI. While it’s uncommon for consumers to have bar selections, having two aged around twelve years – one a Kent…
I have a complicated relationship with Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select and related JD SiB products. Sometimes they’re ok, sometimes they’re terrible and sometimes they’re amazing. The variability in their SiBs seems to be more than any other distillery. This variability is why I’ve steered away from picking one up for review. But then I […]
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Wyoming Whiskey announces this year’s annual and limited release offerings of Barrel Strength Bourbon, Outryder Straight American Whiskey and Single Barrel just in time for the holiday season. “Fall is certainly the best time of year to be a fan of Wyoming Whiskey,” said Wyoming Whiskey Co-Founder David DeFazio. “Our barrel selections have been made …
By Richard Thomas Rating: A+ Although Teeling Whiskey Company is well past its days of being solely reliant on sourced whiskey stocks for their work, having opened their Dublin distillery in 2015. That said, they still have some ultra-aged stuff socked away to play with, which is why we get periodic releases of things like …
At 10 years old and 50% ABV / 100 proof this is a robust Bourbon offering from Rebel, sweet and cereal spirit from the Wheated mashbill is infused with plenty of wood influences, produced in batches which may vary but will retain this essential nature …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ It would be fair to say Pennsylvania whiskey begins and ends with its rye, and Pittsburgh’s Wigle Distillery is as good an example of how that works in practice as one is likely to find. Rye isn’t the only whiskey–nor whiskey the only spirit–they make there, but their rye footprint …
Lost Lantern, an independent bottler of American whiskey, is pleased to announce their Fall 2022 collection, featuring five limited edition single casks from Boulder Spirits in Colorado, Cedar Ridge Distillery in Iowa, Copperworks Distilling in Washington, and Breuckelen Distilling in New York. Co-Founders Nora Ganley-Roper and Adam Polonski chose to focus on a theme of …
I picked up this Limavady Single Barrel Single Malt Irish Whiskey at Trader Joe’s because of the bottle shape: it was so weird. I’d never heard of the brand and almost left it there, but curiosity won out and I picked it up. It wasn’t till I got home I discovered it was imported by […]
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