By Debbie Shocair Rating: B+ As a girl who hails from Texas, I’m not sure I can fairly convey my excitement at the craft whiskeys coming out of the Lone Star State, but I can tell you much of it is good; fairly, unabashedly so, in fact. Certainly the rash of new American Malts running through Whiskeydom is knocking things ...
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Ardbeg Uigeadail Scotch Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Uigeadail was launched by Ardbeg in 2003, back when the Iraq War was new. To many who have come lately to the wonders of world whisk(e)y, that is a long time ago indeed, so it’s worth mentioning that Uigeadail was Ardbeg’s first no age statement (NAS) release in what became a succession of them, so ...
Read More »Lost Distillery Jericho Scotch Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B The operating theme for The Lost Distillery Company is to create vatted malts that simulate the single malts produced by a now defunct distillery, and Scotland has dozens of them. In this instance, Jericho Distillery, also known as Benachie. This was founded as an Aberdeenshire farm-distillery in 1824. The name changed to Benachie in the ...
Read More »Amrut Naarangi Indian Whisky Review
By Debbie Shocair Rating: C- The Amrut Naarangi (Naar-An-Ghee) is another experimental whisky from the fine folks at Amrut in Bangalore, and another laborious effort I must admire, though this time they fell short of the mark. Oloroso Sherry casks, still containing some sherry, were seasoned further by the addition of orange peel. This combination was left to sit for ...
Read More »Rabbit Hole Bourbon Review
By Richard Thomas Rating:B- Knowing that Rabbit Hole is building it’s distillery in Louisville right now, and also knowing that it’s Rye whiskey has a (deceptively) familiar mash bill of 95% rye, 5% malted barley, one might conclude that the distillery’s whiskeys were all sourced from the always familiar MGP in Indiana. Not so. It is all sourced, but made ...
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