By Richard Thomas World Whisky Day, that annual celebration for whiskey-lovers everywhere and of whiskeys made everywhere, is around the corner: the day itself if this Saturday, on May 21. If an enthusiast needs an occasion to venture into unfamiliar territory, this is it, because this is the day to embrace unknown bottles from faraway lands. What follows is a ...
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Top 10 Bourbons For Under $35
By Richard Thomas My first round-up of bargain bourbons was in 2016, and how things have changed since then. That was before the Trump trade war rocked commodity markets and started the supply chain disruption; before pandemia sparked a run on the liquor store and disrupted world logistics even more; long before shortages and recovery sparked inflation; and way before ...
Read More »Best New Irish Whiskeys For St. Patrick’s Day 2022
By Richard Thomas St. Patrick’s Day 2022 is now about a month away, and the mix of pandemic fatigue and omicron still spiking hard means folks will both celebrate at home and out in bars. No matter, because the best way to celebrate Hibernian identity is still to hoist a dram of fine Irish whiskey, and one of the best ...
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The Whiskey Reviewer does not hold an annual awards panel. Yet we are also focused on all things whiskey, have a team of contributors, and because of those three points we have an unusual way of doing what are our de facto awards. Instead of handing out medals or drawing up a conglomerated list, every member of the team gets ...
Read More »The Best Old Fitzgerald Bottled In Bond Bourbons
By Richard Thomas The brand of Old Fitzgerald dates back to the post-Civil War era of the bourbon business, introduced in 1870 and marketed to passenger railways, steamboats and private clubs.Who exactly John E. Fitzgerald was–insofar as historians and not marketeers are concerned–is a murky question, and the brand was originated by a rectifier based in Milwaukee named Herbst. Old ...
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