By Father John Rayls Rating: B- Although my preference is to have my whiskey neat at room temperature and without anything added, not everyone else is after that same experience. Tastes are varied and, at times, totally opposite of mine. Not only are consumers subject to their biases and preferences, but producers are as well. For instance, some distilleries want ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: C When Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Barrel Proof made the popular cut for the Top Ten Single Barrel Bourbons last week, it renewed the classic bar debate of whether or not Jack Daniel’s is bourbon (nevermind that it made that list because our team, our outside experts and our own readers voted for it). Regardless of ...

By Father John Rayls Rating: B+ I was very excited to discover another distillery in Texas producing some pretty good stuff. Marshall Louis and Herman Beckley built Dallas Distilleries in Garland, Texas, and with it their namesake Herman Marshall Whiskey (Garland is located in the Dallas/Fort Worth metroplex). Their whiskeys include a bourbon, rye and single malt. The founders had ...

By Kurt Maitland Rating: B+ Glenmorangie is located in Tain, Scotland, long known for making spirits (Balblair, the second oldest distillery in Scotland, is also there). The Glenmorangie story begins in 1738 when a brewery opened on Morangie Farm. In the 1840s, the farm was acquired by William Matheson, who converted it from a brewery into a distillery. The distillery ...

By Father John Rayls Rating: B I do love the concept of grain to glass and I admit to a bias in favor of that concept. However, I have also found that adhering to this concept by itself doesn’t automatically mean I’ll love the whiskey. By contrast, I have also found that a whiskey being sourced and bottled doesn’t automatically mean ...