By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Last month saw Beam Suntory build on their revamping of the Baker’s brand, long the most neglected of the four brands of Jim Beam’s famed Small Batch Collection of the early 1990s (Blanton’s, Basil Hayden, Knob Creek and Baker’s). Following their conversion of Baker’s to a single barrel expression, they have now released and extra ...
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Blue Spot Irish Whiskey Review
By Randall H. Borkus Rating: B+ Irish Distillers has once again joined forces with the Mitchell family to unveil the famed, revived Blue Spot Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey. The last sighting of Blue Spot in the U.S. dates back to 1964. This year’s unveiling ends a 56-year drought and completes the historic Spot Whiskey Family expressions. The story of ...
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By Richard Thomas Rating: B Redwood Empire is a distillery in Sonoma County, California’s Russian River Valley, and they draw their name from an old apple company in whose buildings they are operating from. Running with their namesake, the distillery follows a theme of naming their whiskeys after prominent trees, and they also pledge to plant a tree for every ...
Read More »Alfred Giraud Heritage French Whisky Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B One of the things anyone who loves Scotch Whisky or follows world whiskies should know: France is the second largest market for Scotch Whisky in the world. They love the stuff, single malts in particular, and it therefore follows as something the above folks should never forget is that the French make their own whisky ...
Read More »Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond Bourbon (Fall 2021)
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The big Autumn American Whiskey season is now in full swing, with all the most anticipated annual, limited editions making their way to store shelves. Well, almost all: the news has dropped as I type this that George T. Stagg won’t be coming in 2021, the first time in recent memory that Buffalo Trace has ...
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