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Denver, Colorado micro-distillery Leopold Brothers is releasing a small batch of limited edition Leopold Bros. Straight Bourbon for the 2017 holiday season, available for purchase only at the distillery. Leopold Brothers Straight Bourbon is a culmination of the efforts at Leopold Brothers to revive Pre-Prohibition methods and ingredients, by working with local Colorado farms to grow heritage grains such as ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Michter’s Barrel Strength Rye and their Toasted Barrel Finish Bourbon are among the popular favorites of the company. That high octane Rye of theirs has a cadre of ardent fans in the American Whiskey blogosphere in particular, while the Toasted Barrel Bourbon has brought out the best potential of the double new barrel Bourbon concept ...

The Benromach Distillery Company Ltd has added to its Wood Finish portfolio with the Benromach Chateau Cissac Wood Finish 2009. This single malt whisky offers a unique flavour profile as a result of a final finishing period in hand-selected wine casks from the distinguished French wine region of Haut-Médoc near Bordeaux. The Benromach Chateau Cissac (ABV 45%) was finished in ...

Whiskey lovers rejoice, Buffalo Trace Distillery is releasing its 2017 Antique Collection. The highly anticipated collection will once again feature five limited-release whiskeys of various ages, recipes and proofs. Master Distiller Harlen Wheatley notes, “The team had another great year with the Antique Collection.  From distillation, to barrel selection, to bottling, this year’s collection showed very well.  I was particularly ...

By Emma Briones Rating: C+ The family run, independent bottler, Wemyss Malts, has recently released a new range of blended Scotch malt whiskies. The new range has been produced with the family’s private collection of maturing whisky casks. The range is called “Wemyss Family Collection” and will provide new expressions every year, focusing on casks that show the perfect balance ...