By Richard Thomas Rating: B Kentucky Owl dates its brand identity back to 1879, and was one of many Bardstown distilleries that were shuttered by Prohibition, never to reopen. The brand was revived in 2014, in the middle of the Bourbon Boom, and fast gained a reputation for producing excellent one-time releases based on well-sourced, middle aged whiskeys. The new ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B One of the things anyone who loves Scotch Whisky or follows world whiskies should know: France is the second largest market for Scotch Whisky in the world. They love the stuff, single malts in particular, and it therefore follows as something the above folks should never forget is that the French make their own whisky ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The big Autumn American Whiskey season is now in full swing, with all the most anticipated annual, limited editions making their way to store shelves. Well, almost all: the news has dropped as I type this that George T. Stagg won’t be coming in 2021, the first time in recent memory that Buffalo Trace has ...

By Randall H. Borkus Rating: B- Barrell Craft Spirits, based in Louisville, Kentucky, is an independent blender and bottler of distinctive, aged, cask-strength sourced whiskey and rum. They have become well-known for their blending proficiency. Batch 029 is 6 years old and distilled and aged in Kentucky, Tennessee, and Indiana, Selection of 6, 7, 9, 10, 15, and 16 year ...

By Alex Southgate Rating: B I have to say it’s been relatively unusual in my experience to find a whiskey that I’d call a “grower.” Generally you know whether you like something or not straight away, simply because that’s how taste works. In the case of the single malt by Dingle that I’ve been sampling recently, however, this isn’t necessarily ...