Ezra Brooks Single Barrel Store Picks: Distiller’s Collection and Cask Strength
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Benriach Smoke Season Scotch Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ About a month ago, Brown-Forman brought a pair of Benriach whiskies across The Pond and to American Shores, these named for two seasonal practices of the distillery. Smoke Season is so named because Benriach sees only a single production run of peated whisky per year, a short run at that. …
King of Kentucky Bourbon Review (2021)
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ When I realized the latest installment of the King of Kentucky was the fourth, I shook my head in wishful disbelief. Has it really been four years for this revived brand, carrying cask strength, middle aged Brown-Forman juice in the single barrel format? Soon, I will be able to do …
Wyoming Whiskey Outryder (2021 Edition)
I’d like to thank Verde Brand Communications for providing this review sample with no strings attached.
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Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Bourbon Review (2021)
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ It’s hard for me to believe that Angel’s Envy Cask Strength has reached it’s 10th anniversary, but here we are! “”Back in 2012, our first Cask Strength release was a run of just 600 bottles available in only two states,” said company co-founder Wes Henderson in a press release. This …
Redwood Empire Rocket Top Bottled in Bond Rye Whiskey Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B Redwood Empire is a distillery in Sonoma County, California’s Russian River Valley, and they draw their name from an old apple company in whose buildings they are operating from. Running with their namesake, the distillery follows a theme of naming their whiskeys after prominent trees, and they also pledge to …
Baker’s Exclusive Selection. Limited Edition Release
I’d like to thank the folks at Beam Suntory and their PR firms for providing a review sample with no strings attached.
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The Balvenie Sweet Toast of American Oak Scotch Review
By Andrew Graham Rating: B The drawing on the label of a new expression from The Balvenie, dubbed The Sweet Toast of American Oak, says it all. The drawing is of a barrel, and it’s there because this whisky is all about the wood. Here’s the basic story behind this expression: It’s 12-year old Balvenie …
Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye 2021
I’d like to thank the folks at Beam Suntory and their PR firms for providing a review sample with no strings attached.
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Jack Daniel’s 10 Year Old Tennessee Whiskey Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: A- I was abroad visiting my son not too long ago, and found myself looking at the contents of a quite modestly equipped hotel bar, choosing the Jack Daniel’s. Part of the reason why is because it had been years since a pour of Old No. 7 had passed my lips, …