By Debbie Shocair Rating: B In the vast expansion of American craft distilling, there is a tremendous consistency in one regard: passion. For quite some time, I would speak of craft distillers, whiskey-makers in particular, as a sparse group, because whiskey is time-consuming, laborious and expensive to produce. Not so these days, as more men and women are happily indulging ...

Chicken Cock is coming out with a new middle aged release, Chicken Cock 10 Year Old Double Barrel Bourbon. Master Distiller and 40+ year veteran Gregg Snyder of Grain & Barrel selected twelve barrels of 10 year old bourbon, marrying two barrels at a time to create a perfectly balanced, extremely smooth, small batch bourbon. So, in this instance the ...

By Andrew Graham Rating: B+ Saying Islay whisky is known for peat and smoke is like saying the newest iPhone is known for its screen. While, yes, that is its most obvious and dominant feature, it takes many different things working together behind the scenes to create the distinct and specific experience one enjoys and learns to expect. Port Askaig ...

Single malt Scotch whisky creator Gordon & MacPhail is releasing two decanters as part of its Private Collection of single cask releases, personally selected by members of the family that owns the company. The ‘twin’ whiskies – the oldest Longmorn single malts ever released – were selected for bottling by identical twin brothers Stuart and Richard Urquhart from stock originally ...

By Randall H. Borkus Rating: B+ Barrell Craft Spirits is a non-distiller producer (NDP), also known as an independent bottler, that uses sourced whiskey to create its magic in a bottle. They offer cask-strength expressions of predominantly American whiskeys.   The founder, Joe Beatrice, has expanded operations in Louisville, Kentucky and is developing his own distilling, barreling and aging facilities in ...