By Richard Thomas Rating: A Whenever a new annual limited edition series gets started, I cross my fingers and hope the list of hard-to-get bottles has finally reached critical mass. It’s a dream of mine: that someday soon, there will be so many of these expressions out there that demand will break and one might be able to pick most ...

By Randall H. Borkus Rating: A India’s Paul John stepped up a notch again with a stellar single malt in 2021, Mithuna. I received two sample bottles (50ml) earlier this year, and I need to tell you that I enjoyed them. This is an unpeated, not-chill-filtered single whisky. It is matured in virgin American oak (the way folks following the ...

Corrected June 15, 2021 By Richard Thomas Rating: A- When the father and son team of Lincoln and Wes Henderson founded Angel’s Envy, it was based squarely on taking mature bourbon and finishing it in Port casks. That might seem like a no-brainer in today’s world, when cask finished limited editions are everywhere, but not so when the Hendersons started ...

By Emma Briones Average Rating: A- Some whiskies are just so special you don’t forget the first time you taste them. I tasted Midleton Very Rare for the first time as part of a Royal Family-themed whisky tasting (weird, I know). Among the 6 or 7 whiskies of the tasting, the one that got stuck on my mind was the ...

By Emma Briones Rating: B+ In 2018, Jameson wanted to honor their old Bow Street Distillery, now a tourist destination, with their first cask strength release, and of their classic 18 Year Old expression at that. That special whiskey that returned this summer. Moreover, Jameson Bow Street 18 is the only Jameson expression that is finished in the Old Jameson ...