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Whisky And Beer Are More Intertwined Than Ever By Richard Thomas Whisky (including Irish Whiskey and American Malt Whiskey) have a lot in common because they share similar roots. In the early stages of production, both a distillery and a brewery produce a malted barley wort. I can’t say a beer wort and a whisky wort are indistinguishable, but I ...

By Emma Briones Rating: A The Benromach Distillery closed its doors in 1983. Luckily for us, thanks to Gordon & MacPhail, it started to produce whisky again in 1998. Since then, its main focus has been to produce whisky as in the style of Speyside as it was in the 1950s, and a good example of that is their Benromach ...

Updated December 13, 2020 By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ To paraphrase my longtime friend, founder of New York’s Whiskey Selections, author and the Deputy Editor here at The Whiskey Reveiwer, Kurt Maitland, more of a good thing is a better thing, so stronger proof whiskey is often better. That is the logic behind the new release from Heaven Hill, introduced ...

Old Forester, now in its 150th year, is evolving its highly successful Single Barrel program to offer a 100 proof and unfiltered* barrel strength option for customers who purchase full barrels from the distillery. “Since our founding 150 years ago, we’ve always listened to our customers and looked for ways to innovate to meet their tastes,” said Jackie Zykan, Old ...

Kicking off the new year with a bang, Buffalo Trace Distillery has released the latest iteration in its Stagg Jr. franchise, with a proof of 128.4.  The 13th release since the series started, this latest offering follows suit for all previous Stagg Jr. releases in that it is uncut, unfiltered, eight years old, and with a taste profile similar to ...