A Guide To Tennessee Whiskey, The Law, And The Lincoln County Process By Richard Thomas When it comes to bar counter arguments, whether Tennessee Whiskey is nothing more than Bourbon from the Volunteer State is one of the great classics. This boozy dispute was supposedly closed in 2013 when the State of Tennessee passed a new whiskey law, one that ...

Whiskey’s Top Halloween Horrors By Richard Thomas As a rule whiskey experts avoid, to quote H.P. Lovecraft, “ye liveliest awfulness” in their writings. The tendency to put the most spotlight on the best stuff is natural enough, but at The Whiskey Reviewer we take pride in spending time in telling readers what they should not drink as well as what they should. ...

By Richard Thomas Rating:B+ Once upon a time the flagship expression of vaunted Islay distillery Laphroaig was its 15 Year Old. The 10 Year Old was and is the entry-level run for Laphroaig, but it was the 15 Year Old that Scotch drinkers wanted, including Prince Charles. The heir to the British throne named the 15 Year Old as his ...

By Richard Thomas Although Prohibition left America replete with defunct distilleries, to date the story of America’s exploding craft whiskey movement has been one of new starts. Where old names like Pepper or Michter’s has been revived, for the most part it has had no connection to its roots past its brand name. Yet recent years have seen a handful ...

By Richard Thomas When I wrote the last installment of our periodic series on shoddy whiskey journalism in May, I had hoped that it would be at least 2016 before I had enough examples to compose a new chapter. Alas, it took only four months, and the blame starts with Men’s Journal and Elon Green’s “A Beginner’s Guide To Corn ...