By Paer Johansson Rating: B+ Something big happened this week. Did you feel it? The 13th of October, Irish Distillers launched their 37th Edition of the Midleton Very Rare range. This is the last edition released by Former Master Distiller Brian Nation, as he is handing over the banner to Kevin O’Gorman. Brian chose a selection of pot still and ...

By Douglas Fraser Rating:  A+ Glenfarclas (“Valley of the Green Grass”) Distillery stands out as an esteemed producer of Speyside style Scotch Whisky. Officially founded in 1836, there has been evidence found that supports theories that whisky-making on the site could have started around 1791. Bought in 1865 by John Grant and his son, the distillery continues to this day ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A I suppose if Brown-Forman was going to bring a new brand into the already packed-thick autumn bourbon release season, reviving King of Kentucky was the best choice they could make. Now it’s in the third year, and it has already built a sterling reputation. The inaugural batch was a 14 year old that earned an ...

By Randall H. Borkus Rating: A July 2020, Louisville-based Michter’s Distillery began shipping the 2020 release of its 10 Year Single Barrel Rye. “This will be the only release of our 10 Year Rye this year because we continue to be in a position where we need to allocate our whiskeys,” commented Michter’s President Joseph J. Magliocco. “I am very ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Sometimes an independent bottling brings us a single malt from a distillery that otherwise unavailable, either because it is defunct or lacks brands of its own; and sometimes these bottlings simply put a spin on a malt that the distillery’s own brands do not. In the case of Elixir Distillers’ Single Malts of Scotland series ...