The Speyside Star 12 yo (50%, North Star Spirits, refill sherry butt, #BR 001, 600 bottles, 2018)
Secret Speyside 15 yo 2009/2024 (55.2%, Chin Chin Bar, Hong Kong, first-fill Oloroso quarter cask finish, 155 bottles)
Blended Malt ‘Over 17 …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Jim Beam earned the top spot as America’s best-selling bourbon company only in recent years, and much of the credit for seizing that crown does not go to Jim Beam itself. Instead, it goes to the steady promotion of the many brands owned by the company. The endgame came when …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B Branch & Barrel is located in Centennial, Colorado (“The Centennial State”), an exurb of Denver located south and just slightly east of Denver’s core. Operating since 2015, the distillery is part of a vibrant craft whiskey scene that I had in the running for becoming America’s third whiskey state (after …
St. George’s Distillery was a pioneer in the American Single Malt category, as they were part of a class of distillers sometimes dubbed “craft whiskey before craft whiskey was a thing.” Every year since their opening at the dawn of the 21st Century, the California distillery has released a new batch of single malt. That …
The Manhattan was built on Pennsylvania rye, and for nearly a century it has been made without it. Wigle Whiskey today released its Manhattan Ready to Serve, a bottled version of the classic built on the whiskey style Western Pennsylvania invented and Prohibition nearly erased. The Manhattan Ready to Serve is 34% ABV and is …
Iowa’s Cedar Ridge Distillery, under the direction of Master Blender Murphy Quint, has released the second in its Anniversary Edition series of limited-edition bourbons, the Cedar Ridge Anniversary Edition Bourbon. “This year’s Anniversary Edition features some truly incredible cask-finished bourbons, including a few I’m working with for the first time. I wanted to keep a …
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There is something pleasing about sipping on a good cocktail while playing cards, slot machines, or roulette. Instead of having to go through all the trouble of going across town to the casino, you could easily have a cocktail at home to simulate the experience of being in the lounge of the casino. As you …
August’s Blind Drinkers session was a six-sample night, and we ran them in thematic pairs. The results were about what you’d expect from a lineup this wide. A few landed, a few didn’t, and at least one surprised everybody, including the guy who
The Isle of Skye-based Torabhaig Distillery, has announced the launch of the first releases from its new Distillers’ Series, a collection of single malts, that gives its distillers the freedom to create a whisky entirely their own. For one month each year, the distillery is handed over to two of its nine distillers to create […]
