By Douglas Fraser Rating: B The Dalmore has been a respected distillery in the Highlands of Scotland since 1839, when it was founded by Alexander Matheson. The distillery is located just outside Inverness Scotland, along the shores of the Cromarty Firth, and in 1867 was sold by Sir Kenneth Matheson to the Mackenzie family. The 12-point stag embedded on every ...

By Paer Johansson Rating: B+ Old Bear is the name for Swiss distillery Langatun’s smoky expression. The Bear is triple distilled from roasted malted barley and matured in Chateauneuf-du-Pape casks for six years. The Whisky The color is clear mahogany and the nose has a very strong and pleasant aroma of Smoked ham. It is really like being in a ...

By Randall H. Borkus Rating: D+ Bearcat Bourbon is bottled by Bearcat Infused Bourbon as an NAS whiskey done at 80 proof (40% ABV), distilled by OZ Tyler Distillery in Owensboro, Kentucky, and bottled in Missouri. The plan for Bearcat is for all operations to be moved to Kentucky later this year. The OZ Tyler Distillery Bourbon Whiskey mash bill is ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Ever since Wild Turkey launched Master’s Keep, their answer to Kentucky’s annual limited edition whiskey series, I’ve been asking (often out loud) when the series would do a rye entry. Wild Turkey’s 101 proof rye whiskey was a massive favorite among the diehards of that obscure drinking category, back in the days before trendy bartenders ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B WhistlePig is now three years into their transition from relying on sourced rye whiskey (from Indiana and Alberta, Canada) to in-house production, and the standard bearer of that transition is Farmstock. The company started some 11 years ago, using imported Alberta-made 100% rye whiskey selected by the late, great Dave Pickerell, but the distillery in ...