By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Although it’s not well-known to the public at large, I’m a fight fan and amateur boxer, and I’ve been studying the Sweet Science for three decades now. So, when someone asks me if I want to try a bourbon named “Puncher’s Chance,” my answer is to smile and say “of course!” In my book, this ...
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Square 6 Bourbon Review (Spring 2021)
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ It is a hard thing to picture today, but once upon a time there was only one working distiller on Louisville’s Whiskey Row: the Evan Williams Bourbon Experience. It was very much a trailblazer, the first destination, tourist-oriented distillery in downtown Louisville. Many have followed since. When I made my first visit in Spring 2014, ...
Read More »Lost Lantern Balcones Bourbon Review (Single Cask #8)
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The crafty duo of Nora Ganley-Roper and Adam Polonski have established quite a name for their enterprise, Lost Lantern, in a short space of time as folks to watch in the small, but growing category of American negociants. For those not familiar with the term, it refers to folks who buy casks of (in this ...
Read More »Bespoken Spirits Rye Whiskey Batch 1 Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B For ten years now, coinciding with the whiskey boom, a constant theme in the industry has been new entrants looking for ways to shortcut Father Time. The classic way of producing a mature American whiskey requires between four and ten years in the barrel, and although some new distillers have taken that route, many more ...
Read More »The Fettercairn 12 Year Old Scotch Review
By Alex Southgate Rating: B I was fortunate to be able to sample Warehouse 2 Batch No.001 by Fettercairn recently and I have to say that I was mightily impressed. But, I was also able to try out the 12 Year Old expression from Fettercairn, and here are my impressions. The Fettercairn Distillery has some serious history behind it. The ...
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