By S.D. Peters Rating: F Google “Imperial American Whiskey” and you’ll find some results that include this blurb: “An exceptional American whiskey blended in Bardstown, Kentucky. Only the highest quality whiskies are used, giving it character, body, and a light taste. The tradition and heritage of this fine whiskey can be tasted in each glass.” You’ll also find how the ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Based on my observations alone, I believe no other whiskey-maker licenses their name to anything like the extent that Jack Daniel’s does. At the supermarket alone, their name could appear in at least three different aisles, a testament to just how far the company licenses its brand. Thus Jack Daniel’s is into candy, such as ...

By Jake Emen Rating: C+ Concannon is an Irish whiskey of the sort you likely haven’t tried before – produced by an American vineyard, Concannon Vineyard, which is based in Livermore, California. Concannon vineyard has strong Irish ties, though, as the first successful American winery founded by an Irish immigrant, James Concannon, who came over stateside in 1865. Four generations ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: C Vatted malts are all the rage these days, but not every vatted malt is made by an artisan or as consequently expensive as that might suggest. Just as Famous Grouse offers a cheap peaty scotch in the form of its Black Grouse, Cutty Sark offers a cheap vatted malt, or as Sark prefers to call ...

Updated March 14, 2017 By S.D. Peters Average Rating: B From the Austin, Nichols Company Distillery (i.e. Wild Turkey) comes this 6 year old small batch Straight Rye. Bearing the surname of the it’s creators, Austin, Nichols’ Master Distiller Jimmy Russell and his son Eddie, Russell’s Reserve Rye is a welcome addition to the growing number of small batch Ryes ...