By Richard Thomas Rating: B As the ranks of whisk(e)y enthusiasts continues to swell, an old concept has gotten some new life and is spreading: the infinity bottle. When a particularly favored bottle reaches its last pour or two, the contents are emptied into a special bottle, mixing with the remnants of past favored whiskeys already there. Thus an evolving, ...

By Emma Briones Rating: B+ The Spanish distillery DYC has recently announced a new range of whiskies called “Maestros Destiladores” (Masters Distillers).” The new range will be comprised, according to DYC, of high-quality whiskies. The first release in this collection is DYC 12 Year Old Blended Whisky. First, a quick reminder about who DYC is, since they aren’t well known ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Craft whiskey is full of stories about this how this whiskey is inspired by something from the pre-Prohibition era or how this recipe was used by moonshiners. This quest for historic authenticity is understandable, and backstories of this kind run a Politifact-style range from true to “Pants On Fire.” Clyde May was a real moonshiner ...

By Randall H. Borkus Rating: B- Old Forester is arguably the longest running Bourbon brand on the market today which is over 145 years old, and entwined with the giant whiskey company Brown-Forman. George Garvin Brown created Old Forester on Louisville, KY’s famous whiskey row in 1870. To honor that milestone year in bourbon history, they crafted Old Forester 1870 ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The first installment of Booker’s this year honors Kathleen DiBenedetto, a protege of Booker Noe who is still with Beam today, after a tenure of more than a quarter-century. Shortly after starting work with Jim Beam, she became part of the team marketing the Jim Beam Small Batch Collection, of which Booker’s was a part. ...