Updated June 10, 2020 By Richard Thomas I don’t know what is more remarkable about what has happened between making my evaluation of this year’s first Elijah Craig Barrel Proof batching: what has changed or what has not changed. One thing that has occurred to me about the pandemic in America is that it could very well be the bottle ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Kilbeggan is something of an oddball, not just among Irish distilleries, but even in the larger picture of world distilleries. Restored in 2010 and boasting the oldest working still set in Ireland, most of what sports the Kilbeggan name isn’t actually made there. If you buy a bottle of regular Kilbeggan, for example, only some ...

Updated August 3, 2020 By Andrew Graham Average Rating: B An Australian single-malt?! Whiskey drinkers in the United States can be forgiven for not really being up to speed on the drams coming out of the land down under. The truth is, Australia has a robust whiskey scene, with more than 40 distilleries operating in the country. Some have won ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ From the moment the Japanese company Suntory acquired Beam Global in a 2014, $16 billion deal, the most toxic kind of croaker began ruminating that Beam would go down the tubes. Nevermind that Four Roses had been revived entirely due to its acquisition by Japanese brewer Kirin; nevermind that Suntory itself was a whisky-maker that ...

By Andrew Graham Rating: B Until recently, with the opening of the Sazerac House in the French Quarter, there were only two distilleries in New Orleans that made whiskey: craft distillers Atelier Vie and Seven Three Distilling Company. Both use Louisiana rice, and both of their drams are truly unique, as I discovered during a visit to New Orleans last ...