By Richard Thomas Rating: A Parliament 21 Year Old sits at the top of Glendronach’s core range, and that is not just because of the two decade age statement. The whisky spent those many years in a mix of Oloroso and Pedro Ximenez Sherry casks. So, this single malt isn’t just finished in Sherry casks or aged for 12 or ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- If you’ve been seeing and/or hearing more about the single malts from The GlenDronach, that is because they were acquired by Brown-Forman in 2016 as part of the purchase of the BenRiach Group. All three distilleries in that group–Benriach, GlenDronach, Glengassaugh–each have a particular identity. All three have also been receiving a push from Brown-Forman, ...

By Andrew Graham Grade: A- Angel’s Envy has now released the second bourbon in its Cellar Collection, and this one’s an eyebrow-raiser. It’s a 10 year old bourbon—the oldest bourbon the distiller has ever made available for sale—finished for 10 months in tawny Port wine barrels. The first Cellar Collection release was their Oloroso Sherry cask finished bourbon. I got ...

By Andrew Graham Rating: A Angel’s Envy is one of those distillers that just makes consistently great whiskeys. To me, the Angel’s Envy rye is one of the best ryes around, and I loved the 2018 cask strength expression. So I jumped at the opportunity to sample the 2019 cask strength, which hit stores on Nov. 1, and to compare ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Ever since Wild Turkey launched Master’s Keep, their answer to Kentucky’s annual limited edition whiskey series, I’ve been asking (often out loud) when the series would do a rye entry. Wild Turkey’s 101 proof rye whiskey was a massive favorite among the diehards of that obscure drinking category, back in the days before trendy bartenders ...