Other Whiskeys

Mackmyra 10 Year Old Swedish Whisky Review

Mackmyra 10 Year Old Single Malt

By Emma Briones Rating: B- For the first time, there is a major Swedish malt whisky with an age statement. Mackmyra just launched Mackmyra Ten Years, a Swedish 10-year old single malt whisky. Although Mackmyra, the best known whisky-makers in Sweden, did launch a limited release with an age statement some time ago, that was never available for general sale. ...

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Alabama’s Clyde May Has A Cask-Strength 9 Year Old

Clyde May’s Whiskey is pleased to announce its newest release, a limited-edition 117-proof 9-year Cask Strength whiskey. This is the second limited-edition Cask Strength whiskey from Clyde May’s. Last year’s version, an 8-year Clyde May’s Cask Strength, sold out in a matter of months. This smooth-tasting whiskey will debut on select store shelves nationwide in time for Father’s Day, on ...

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Painted Stave Double TroubleD Whiskey Review

Double TroubleD Whiskey

By Father John Rayls Rating: B+ Delaware’s Painted Stave Distilling and Fordham & Dominion Brewing Co. have gotten into the thing, not new but not altogether well-established either, in producing a whiskey distilled from beer, in this case an Imperial IPA. The result is Double TroubleD, initially released in 2015. My particular bottle came from the October 2016 release, bottle ...

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Israel’s First Single Malt Ready To Go

By Richard Thomas Israel’s first whisky distillery, Milk & Honey, is poised to release their first batch of single malt whisky, which would also be the first Israeli single malt ever. The distillery announced on May 20 that they had bottled the first cask from their experimental series, which yielded 391 bottles. Those bottles are slated for sale later in ...

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Ballotin Original Chocolate Whiskey Review

Ballotin Original Chocolate Whiskey

By Debbie Shocair Rating: B- When I wrote this it was the season for Easter candy, endless varieties of chocolate eggs, and…. chocolate whiskey. Easter is gone now, but the lingering pleasure of seasonal chocolates lives on for some weeks in our cupboards, and Ballotin Original Chocolate flavored whiskey is a fine and tasty grown-up accoutrement to your spring stash ...

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