By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Heaven Hill chose to kick off 2020 in interesting fashion, with a brand extension of Elijah Craig that carried the line in an entirely new direction: to rye whiskey. My sample bottle was accompanied by a small loaf of bread, made because Heaven Hill’s master distiller Conor O’Driscoll is quite a baker and baking a ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The old timey circus bill-styled label is back, as Westland Distillery’s 2020 Annual Peat Week has come and gone, leaving behind it 590 bottles of American single malt. This being the 6th installment in the series, the pattern should be familiar to fans of either peaty whisky (usually Scottish) or American craft whiskey by now, ...

By Emma Briones Rating: B+ During the turn of the 20th Century, there was a street gang that managed to control politics in Birmingham. They were called the Peaky Blinders and, if you’ve heard of them, it’s because the BBC series that tells their story is quite a success. The series, already in its 5th season, is also available on ...

By Douglas Fraser Grade: B-   The Belmont Farm Distillery was founded in 1988 by a Virginia family with a history in the moonshine business, and they make the claim of being the first craft distillery in the United States. They run a pot still, and all grains used are harvested on the Belmont Farm. As a small distiller in ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Bardstown Bourbon Company (BBCo) has added a new expression to their periodic Collaboration Series, The Prisoner. It has much in common with the preceding release, Phifer Pavitt Reserve: it’s based on a 9 year old Tennessee-made bourbon, which has been given an extra long finish of 18 months in wine barrels. In this case, that ...