By Richard Thomas Rating: B In the United States, the words “blended whiskey” are usually associated with cheap rotgut. To cite just one particularly infamous example, Four Roses went from a popular Bourbon to an unpopular American blend before being revived into what is now a popular Bourbon again. Many Canadian whiskies have a dubious reputation for precisely this reason, ...
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Witherspoon Texas Bourbon Review
By Father John Rayls Rating: B+ Let’s hear it for the United States Marines: they’ve secured another beachhead in Lewisville, Texas, and secured it with (and for) whiskey! Some former US Marines found themselves living in the Dallas area after their discharge from service and sharing a love for bourbon started the Witherspoon Distillery in 2011. In addition to Witherspoon ...
Read More »Label 5 Gold Heritage Scotch Review
By Emma Briones Rating: B- Label 5 expanded its range at the end of 2014 with a new expression: Label 5 Gold Heritage. The brand, owned by the French company La Martiniquaise, launched Label 5 Gold Heritage “to delight scotch whisky lovers who are looking to explore Label 5’s character in more depth.” According to La Martiniquaise, this NAS expression ...
Read More »Hellyers Road Roaring 40 Australian Whisky Review
By Emma Briones Rating: B Inspired by the story of explorer and cartographer Henry Hellyer, a group of dairy farmers founded a whisky distillery in the northwest of Tasmania. Eighteen years later, Hellyers Road is a best-selling, locally crafted Australian whisky, exported over to 20 countries. The first expression of their range is Hellyers Road Original Roaring Forty, which is ...
Read More »Stolen 11 Year Old American Whiskey Review
Updated April 3, 2018 By Richard Thomas Average Rating: B Stolen Spirits first gained attention with the introduction of its smoked rum and a marketing shtick that borrows a page from Abbie Hoffman’s Steal This Book and modernizes it. Now they have followed up on that with Stolen Whiskey. Stolen Whiskey began as an MGP product with which very few ...
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