Updated February 14, 2023 By Douglas Fraser Average Rating: A- Redbreast Irish Whiskey prides itself on staying true to the traditional pot still whiskey style that has been a signature of Ireland for decades. Using copper pot stills, all Redbreast whiskey is distilled from a wort of malted and unmalted barley three times to perfection, allowing its elegance to excel. ...
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Natterjack Irish Whiskey Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: C+ New for St. Patrick’s Day 2023 is Natterjack Irish Whiskey. This new entry comes from Gortinore Distillers & Co., which is following a path familiar to most American enthusiasts: build a brand based on sourced whiskey while simultaneously building a distillery, starting operations and laying in stock for maturation. Gortinore has a distillery project under ...
Read More »Fuji Single Grain Japanese Whisky
By Kenrick Thurston-Wilcox Rating: B Situated at the base of Mt. Fuji, 7.5 miles from it’s peak, the Fuji Distillery has been making whisky in the shadow of Japan’s most famous mountain since 1973. Despite that, their first US release came only in 2021. The location was most likely chosen for a few different reasons. The first is the glacial ...
Read More »Larceny Barrel Proof Bourbon Review (A123/2023)
By Richard Thomas Rating: Something I’ve touched on before is what I think of as a Bourbon 201 lesson: all cask strength whiskeys offer a similar degree of variation as a single barrel release. While a single barrel release might come from a prized “butter barrel,” for the most part they sit within a range of variation from what might ...
Read More »Uncle Nearest Uncut & Unfiltered Rye Whiskey Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Uncle Nearest almost instantly became a well-known whiskey brand thanks to two points. First, it’s named for and honors the legacy of Nathan “Nearest” Green, the slave who is known to have worked as distiller and taught Jack Daniels the whiskey-making trade in the 1850s. Second and related, it’s a company founded by noted African-American ...
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