By Richard Thomas Rating: A- In Royal Brackla’s repackaged regular line-up, the 21 Year Old expression is the crown, but it’s got a bit more sparkle than just a high age statement. Some whiskies are finished in old Sherry casks, but this one draws on three different types of Sherry wood stock: Oloroso, Pedro Ximenez (PX) and Palo Cortado. I ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- The latest creation of Rachel Barrie, the Master Blender of the BenRiach Group (also known as the Scotch Whisky arm of Brown-Forman) is also the latest installment in Glendronach’s Grandeur series, a 28 Year Old single malt aged in Pedro Ximénez and Oloroso Sherry casks. Since some readers might wonder what Glendronach has to do ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A+ Although Teeling Whiskey Company is well past its days of being solely reliant on sourced whiskey stocks for their work, having opened their Dublin distillery in 2015. That said, they still have some ultra-aged stuff socked away to play with, which is why we get periodic releases of things like this new 32 year old ...

By Emma Briones Rating: A What makes a whisky a dream dram? For me, it’s an unforgettable experience. A dream dram is a whiskey that will get stuck in the corner of your mind, one that you’ll remember in the years to come. At Redbreast, they try to create this experience with their Dream Cask collection. An annual release that ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Independent bottler Cask 88 has done some pretty fine work in the past, and anything Islay and well-aged coming out of such a bottler is guaranteed to grab a certain amount of attention. So it is with Cailleach Beira, a Laphroaig distilled in 2001 and aged for 19 years. Building on that is a finish ...