By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Heaven Hill withdrew the Old Fitzgerald brand last year, presumably to focus attention on Larceny, which is based on the same wheated bourbon stock. Now Old Fitz is back, but not in it’s previous incarnations, which would have sat around Larceny in terms of quality and price point. Instead, the brand is back as a ...

By Father John Rayls Rating: A- Journeyman Distillery has another winner in its Corsets, Whips and Whiskey. This is a barrel strength, 118.3 proof and 100% wheat whiskey bottled as a no age statement (NAS) expression. Journeyman Distillery in Three Oaks, Michigan operates out of the historic Featherbone Corset and Buggy Whip Factory. Knowing this, the name becomes obvious. I like ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- It’s my anecdotal experience, first and second hand, that Michter’s 10 Year Old is the least agreed upon expression among the sort of pricey, annual limited edition releases in American Whiskey. I wouldn’t call it divisive, because nobody actually hates it and I’m not interested in clickbait proclamations. So it’s not a question of everybody ...

By Kurt Maitland Rating: A- Glenfarclas, which means “valley of the green grass,” is a Speyside whisky distillery in Ballindalloch. The Glenfarclas Distillery was first granted a license in 1836, and in an extreme rarity for Scottish distilleries, has been owned and managed by just one family since 1865. In an industry marked by stories of buy-outs, trade-offs, mergers and ...

By Debbie Shocair Rating: A Eureka, California, nestled in a truly unique area between ancient redwood forests and the Pacific Coast, is not the place that comes to mind when you think of fine American whiskey. Even so, right there in the seat of Humboldt county sits Humboldt Craft Spirits (HCS), the first and only licensed distillery headquartered in Eureka. ...