Benriach Malting Season Scotch Review

By Richard Thomas Rating: B The second in the new Benriach “Season” series whiskies is Malting Season, so named because Benriach is one of just seven Scottish distilleries still engaged in on-site, in-house floor malting. Indeed, Benriach itself only resumed the practice in 2012. For this particular single malt, the wort was made using Concerto …

Quite a few Bunnahabhains

Bunnahabhain 14 yo 2004/2019 (46%, The Whisky Lodge, Orcines, refill sherry butt, cask #3599)Bunnahabhain Moine 8 yo 2012/2021 (57.6%, The Whisky Blues, cask #0001349, 315 bottlesBunnahabhain 11 yo 2009/2020 (50.2%, Earlskine, 1st fill sherry, 132 bott…

In Praise Of Screw Cap Bottles

When Bill and I bottle our Bourbon, I want to use a screw cap bottle. I want this because I plan to keep several bottles for a long time for drinking in the future. I would also like to keep… Continue Reading →

The Kentucky Bourbon Benefit Raises $3.5 Million for Tornado Relief.

The massive tornado that ripped through Western Kentucky overnight on December 10, 2021 caused tremendous losses.  But, as Kentuckians have shown throughout history, we’re resilient, and as distillers and bourbon fans have also shown, we answer the call.  In fact, the Kentucky Distillers’ Association…

10 Years of Brooklyn-Style Rye (Episode 914: January 2, 2022)

We’ll start the New Year off with an anniversary…the 1oth anniversary for the New York Distilling Co. in Brooklyn’s North Williamsburg neighborhood. Allen Katz and his partners opened their distillery in what was at the time a fairly run-down neighborhood, only to see gentrification take shape around them. As Allen discloses on WhiskyCast In-Depth for the first time, that’s forcing them to make plans to move to a new location in the very near future both to expand production and comply with the city’s pending changes to fire safety codes for distilleries. He’ll also explain why they decided to focus Read More »

OH Ingram River Aged Bourbon Review

Have you heard of OH Ingram River Aged whiskeys? I had posted about their rye, which was their second release, back in February 2021. Since then, I have enjoyed their whiskey on multiple occasions. So, when the newest addition to their line, this OH Ingram River Aged Straight Bourbon, showed up on my front porch (Thank you OH Ingram!!) I was eager to give it a try!

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Glen Garioch to start the year

McClelland’s Highland Single Malt 16 Year Old (40%, OB, US import, 1990s, 75cl)Glen Garioch 8 yo (55%, Dram Mor, bourbon, 241 bottles, 2020)Glen Garioch 18 yo 1979/1997 (50%, Scotch Malt Whisky Society, #19.14 ‘Germoline, peat and strawberry jam’) Glen…

Our Top 10 Whiskies of 2021

This is always one of our favourite posts to write each year. The Top 10 is something we first began way back in 2009 and within it we celebrate the finest new whisky releases of that calendar year. Our first selection crowned Benromach 10 years old as…

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