Jefferson’s Bourbon – a brand known to literally rock the boat when it comes to whiskey experimentation – launches the newest expression in the popular Ocean Family series, Jefferson’s Ocean Aged at Sea New York Limited Edition. True to Jefferson’s experimental spirit, founder Trey Zoeller and his team pay homage to New York with a bold …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B The middle rung of Royal Brackla’s regular range of single malts offers something special for fans of Sherried whiskies. This 18 year old single malt is finished in Palo Cortado Sherry casks. If that term leaves you scratching your head, read on. This is a rare type of Sherry that …
Angel’s Envy has announced that Owen Martin will be joining the company as Master Distiller. Beginning on October 17, Martin will lead all aspects of production and oversee innovation for the Louisville-based distillery, including its annual Cask Strength program and limited release Cellar Collection and Founder’s Collection programs. Martin is the first appointed Master Distiller …
Lost Lantern, an independent bottler of American whiskey, is pleased to announce their Fall 2022 collection, featuring five limited edition single casks from Boulder Spirits in Colorado, Cedar Ridge Distillery in Iowa, Copperworks Distilling in Washington, and Breuckelen Distilling in New York. Co-Founders Nora Ganley-Roper and Adam Polonski chose to focus on a theme of …
By Randall H. Borkus Rating: A Barrell Craft Spirits launched Dovetail, a blend of bourbon and whiskey expressing the company’s favorite sources and flavors, in 2018. For 2022, they have released an ultra-premium Gray Label expression using the same blending. Here Barrell Craft Spirits chose older and rarer barrels with some of the spirits aged …
By Richard Thomas My approach to doing a review of the hot autumnal releases this year differs from previous years, and in more than just my blunt, to-the-point title. Fall is the season for those engaged in bottle-hunting for bourbon. Most of the well-established, annual, limited edition series see their new expressions come out at …
By Michael Cervin Rating: B Nikka was founded in Japan in 1934 and currently uses two different distilleries to hone their blends. As the bottom tier blended whisky of the Nikka brand (The Nikka, and Super Nikka hold the top spots), the Days iteration is meant to be light, easy going and affordable for everyday …
Barrell Bourbon Batch 033 Rating: B Barrell Craft Spirits, based in Louisville, Kentucky, is an independent blender of sourced whiskey and rum. They have earned recognition as whiskey design experts, that continue to produce cask strength spirits. According to their founder Joe Beatrice, “Barrell Craft Spirits was awarded Best Bourbon twice at the San Francisco …
A new maritime whisky, inspired by the rich heritage of Scottish shipbuilding, has been launched by Inverclyde-based Ardgowan Distillery. Selected by master whisky maker Max McFarlane, Clydebuilt Sailmaker is the latest bottling of the distillery – joining previous releases, Clydebuilt Coppersmith and Clydebuilt Shipwright. Drawing parallels with the engineering precision of Glasgow’s shipbuilding era, The …
Freddie Noe, Eighth Generation Master Distiller of the Fred B. Noe Distillery and creator of Little Book® Whiskey, is proud to announce the sixth installment in his acclaimed annual, limited-release series – Little Book Chapter 6: “To The Finish.” The name of this year’s chapter is inspired by Noe’s passion for both whiskey-making and cooking, …
