Lot 40 18 Year Old Cask Strength Single Barrel

Lot 40 Cask Strength whisky enjoys a cult following among Canadian whisky
drinkers, one that is spreading worldwide as it continues to win awards.
Lot 40, in all varieties, is 100% rye whisky. It’s aged in new oak and is
more similar to American ryes than traditional Canadian ryes.

Happy Hour Live with Bill Samuels, Jr. of Maker’s Mark (Episode 926: February 16, 2022)

It’s been more than a decade since Bill Samuels, Jr. “retired” as chairman of Maker’s Mark and turned the reins over to his son Rob, but the 82-year-old Bourbon legend seems just as busy today as ever. He joined us from his office at Maker’s Mark headquarters for the #HappyHourLive webcast the other night for a wide-ranging discussion of everything from his early days to being a mentor for today’s generation of emerging distillers. Join us each Friday night at 5:00pm New York time for our live webcasts on the WhiskyCast YouTube channel, our Facebook page, Twitter, and Twitch. Links: Read More »

Heads & Tails: Are Single Barrels Illegal Edition

That’s the growing concern at Kentucky distilleries, where thousands of whiskey fans sample whiskeys from thousands of barrels every year. The news first came from WhiskeyCast operator Mark Gillespie, who’d learned that “private pick” programs—which di…

Glenmorangie Finealta Review

The second release in the Private Edition range was the Glenmorangie Finealta (2011). Which sounds like it should be the end, but it was just the beginning. Figuratively and literally. Finealta is Dr. Bill’s attempt to recreate a Glenmorangie recipe from 1903, which sounds like we’re reaching back into ancient history, but in 1903 Glenmo […]

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Green River Unveils Their First Bourbon

Kentucky-based Green River Distilling Company has revived the Green River name and released their first bourbon under that name in more than 100 years. The Green River Distilling Company was formerly known as the Oz Tyler Distillery in Owensboro, Kentucky – but returned to its original name in 2020. Green River Bourbon was made with […]

Virginia Distillery Courage & Conviction Single Malt Review

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Located in the Appalachian foothills of Virginia, not all that far from Charlottesville, Virginia Distillery made its initial reputation for skillfully created hybrid whiskies: they blended their youthful in-house American single malts with imported Scottish malts, and then gave the hybrid a “marriage” (secondary finishing) in used-but-native Virginia casks. An …

A jazz trio from Dunyvaig

Lagavulin 2006/2021 ‘Distillers Edition’ (43%, OB, lgv 4/510)Lagavulin 19 yo ‘Feis Ile 2019’ (52.6, OB, sherry-treated American oak casks, 6000 bottles)Lagavulin 22 yo ‘Jazz Festival 2020’ (52.6%, OB, Refill American & European Oak, 2004 bottles)

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