By Richard Thomas Rating: C- Although the white whiskey trend started several years ago in the then-nascent craft whiskey sector, that hasn’t stopped the big boys getting in on the act. Hence, Jim Beam’s introduction Jacob’s Ghost White Whiskey. Billed as a throwback to what the historic founder of the Beam dynasty, Jacob Beam, was making in the late 18th ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: C- Among straight bourbon whiskeys standards, few brands have quite the same reputation for low cost and reliability as Ancient Age. The brand has been around since after the Second World War, and for a long time the bourbon was the entry-level whiskey and big bulk seller of the George T. Stagg Distillery, now known as ...

By Kurt Maitland Rating: B Speyburn is part of the Inver House Distillers portfolio that includes Old Pulteney, Balblair, and Knockdhu (now released as AnCnoc), and has been since 1992. The distillery is more properly known as the Speyburn-Glenlivet Distillery, dating back to 1897 in a scenic glen that draws water from Granty Burn, a tributary of the River Spey. ...

Updated November 25, 2018 By Richard Thomas Rating: C- One side-effect of the Brown-Forman vs. Diageo clash in Tennessee was the focus it brought to super cheap whiskey brand Early Times. Diageo’s whiskey law proposal included a provision that would have allowed it to make used barrel whiskey and call it “Tennessee whiskey,” and the only product of note on ...

By S.D. Peters Rating: A- Updated April 18, 2017 The Tyrconnell Single Malt Irish Whisky was the premier brand of Watts Distillery, County Donegal, and much like American Rye, it was a best-selling whiskey in the U.S. prior to Prohibition. The brand, and with it, single malt Irish Whiskey, languished after the closing of the Watts Distillery in 1925, but ...