By Richard Thomas Rating: B Every cask strength batch is a limited edition release in its own right, and always has been. The batching may be the same, drawing on similarly aged and warehoused stock every time, but the very word “cask strength” points right to the fact that each batch will always be a …
The 2022 vintage of Writers’ Tears Cask Strength whiskey, the 12th edition of the super-premium expression from Walsh Whiskey, has been released. It is a unique cask strength whiskey crafted through an exceptional marriage of aged Single Pot Still and Single Malt Whiskey. Both whiskeys are triple distilled, natural non-chill filtered and aged in American Oak Bourbon barrels. This year’s vintage is bottled at 54.6% ABV. Each bottle is individually numbered …
Kentucky’s 5th Congressional DistrictIn my marketing career, I had only one experience as a professional political operative when the advertising agency I worked for was hired to make and place TV commercials for a candidate running in a primary….
The Ohio Division of Liquor Control (OHLQ) has announced the release of six single barrel selections of Crown Royal hitting stores this week (week of April 18th) at select locations throughout the state. Each bottle comes in at 103 proof (51….
Colorado’s Coors family has been making beer for five generations, but it’s also been supplying many of the state’s craft distillers with malted barley for more than a decade. Now, the family has decided to make its own whiskey using a blend of Colorado single malt made with its own malted barley and Bourbons from Kentucky and Indiana. It’s part of a company goal to expand into distilled spirits, as David Coors explains on this week’s WhiskyCast In-Depth. In the news, the results from this year’s San Francisco World Spirits Competition are in, and whiskies from Australia did extremely well Read More »
Buzzard’s Roost has released limited-edition rye that actually was created from four-year-old whiskey and aged in our proprietary American Oak barrels. Prior to aging, our barrels were cold-smoked with aged Kentucky tobacco leaves.
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WhiskyCritic had the recent opportunity to taste a dollop or two of Walsh Whiskey’s The Irishman 12-Year-Old Single Malt Irish whiskey and WC can issue a pleasant report. Walsh Whiskey was founded in 1999 and is perhaps most notable for their “Writers Tears” series of Irish whiskies produced along with The Irishman at their distillery […]
Townsend, Tenn., markets itself as “the peaceful side of the Smokies,” and indeed, it’s quieter than the fabricated expanse of Pigeon Forge and the din of crowded Gatlinburg. Townsend has the feel of a village scattered in plots over a several-mile str…
I was recently sent samples of the Spring 2022 releases from Lost Lantern. This is their 5th release of products from artisan distilleries. I like Lost Lantern because they purchase their barrels from artisan distillers and since Lost Lantern is… Con…
Filliers 10 yo ‘Batch 1’ (43%, OB, Belgium, European sherry oak, 2000 bottles, 2019)Artesia ‘Limited Edition Porto’ (45%, OB, France, LMDW, Conquete, 1300 bottles, 2021)Mourne Dew (43%, OB, Irish single malt, +/-2021)Copper Republic ‘Bourbon Cask Finis…
