Irish Distillers, makers of Green Spot Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey, has partnered with the Quails’ Gate winery in Canada to introduce the third instalment in the Green Spot Wine Geese Series, Green Spot Quails’ Gate. Joining permanent expressions Green Spot Château Leoville Barton and Green Spot Chateau Montelena, the series is a celebration of …
By Douglas Fraser Rating: A Blue Run Spirits has been making a name for itself within the bourbon industry over the past few years, helped by their adviser, Hall of Famer Jim Rutledge. Blue Run Reflection I drew on a carefully selected lot of 200 barrels distilled under contract at Castle and Key Distillery in …
By Richard Thomas Usually it’s Christmas or birthdays that prompt splurging, but when it comes to splurging on whiskey, I think St. Patrick’s Day is as good an excuse as any to pick up a very fine bottle of Irish Whiskey. After all, if you’re self-employed or run your own business (as I do) and …
By Kenrick Thurston-Wilcox Rating: B Inspired by the bootstrap ambitions of Western frontier settlers, Deerhammer strives to put it’s own mark on the whiskey world, having started with a single malt when most of their peers were making bourbon. They have since moved on to make other whiskeys, including a rye, a four-grain bourbon and …
The 13th installment of Writers’ Tears Cask Strength whiskey has been released by Walsh Whiskey. This super-premium, cask strength whiskey is a unique marriage of triple-distilled, aged Single Pot Still and Single Malt Whiskey, natural non-chill filtered and aged in American Oak Bourbon barrels. The 2023 vintage is bottled at 54.8% ABV. Each bottle is …
Denver’s Laws Whiskey House has announced the 2023 release of their Bottled in Bond Four Grain Bourbon. To qualify as a Bottled in Bond whiskey, the expression must be made by one distillery in a single season, must be bottled at 100 proof (50% abv) and must be aged at least four years in a …
By Richard Thomas High end bourbon has been rocked by twin scandals in 2023, and while they are taking place on opposite sides of the country, all of it lies in the realm of bottles that are either truly finite (i.e. no more are coming) or those commanding demand that far outstrips supply. Collectables, in …
The Kentucky state legislature is currently considering House Bill 5, which would phase out Kentucky’s unique tax on inventories of distilled and aging spirits. The “Bourbon Barrel Tax” is an ad valorem tax, basically a property tax that assesses bourbon in a warehouse in much the same way as real estate is assessed. Kentucky, home …
The 2023 vintage of The Irishman Vintage Cask, a rare cask strength Irish whiskey expression, from Walsh Whiskey, has been released. This year’s vintage is limited to 8,400 bottles worldwide including – USA, Canada, Ireland, France, the UK, South Africa and Asia. The 2023 vintage is the 15th annual release since 2008, when it became …
Irish Distillers has chosen to build on its annual release of Midleton Very Rare by adding Midleton Very Rare The Pinnacle Vintage in tandem. Midleton Very Rare 2023 is an exquisite blend of aged single pot still and single grain Irish whiskeys, including the spectrum of pot still whiskeys produced at Midleton ranging from a …
