Updated April 10, 2024 By Father John Rayls Rating: B+ “The release of our Redemption Wheated Bourbon represents the first in a series of limited production expressions that we will bring to market over the next few years,” said Tom Steffanci, President of Deustch Family Wine & Spirits, in a prepared statement. This Redemption Wheated Bourbon is four years old ...

By April Manning Rating: D+ Woodford Reserve Toasted Oak Rye is second in a trio of ryes from Woodford Reserve’s Distillery Series slated to be released throughout 2017. According to Master Distiller Chris Morris, this series is about flavor innovation and is “sure to impress whiskey aficionados” by emphasizing Woodford Reserve’s creative line of involved tastes that shows the brand’s ...

By Father John Rayls Rating: B Jim Beam 12 Year Old Small Batch was released in 2013, as a part of the Jim Beam Signature Craft Series. That somewhat overlooked series also included The Harvest Collection, a 12 Year Old finished in Spanish Brandy casks, The Quarter Cask Bourbon and The Masterpiece finished in PX Sherry casks, among others. New ...

By Emma Briones Rating: B- In July 2015, Quintessential Brands launched a new Irish whiskey: The Dublin Liberties Oak Devil. The whiskey takes its name from the past of The Liberties area in Dublin, where the company acquired an urban distillery project, then known as the Dublin Whiskey Company. In the 1700s, The Liberties was known as “Hell” due to ...

Updated August 7, 2017 By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Iowa’s Cedar Ridge is the oldest micro-distillery in the Hawkeye State, and in one way it is a very “Craft Whiskey 1.0” operation: they chose to produce a plethora of products rather than focus on just a few. Name a major type of whiskey, and Cedar Ridge is making it. In ...