By Richard Thomas Richard Thomas, Owner-Editor Best New Whiskey, Heaven Hill 27 Year Old Bourbon: This survivor of the greatest American distillery disaster of modern times, the 1996 Heaven Hill fire, is more than just a magnificent pour of ultra aged bourbon. It also somehow got to the grand old age of 27 years, ancient in bourbon terms, without becoming ...
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Compass Box Comes Back With Flaming Heart
The esteemed independent blender Compass Box is poised to release its sixth installment of rock-inspired Flaming Heart, known as a rich, spicy and smoky vatted malt drawing on heavily toasted French oak aging and some Islay whiskies. Flaming Heart was first introduced in 2006, so it’s a periodic rather than annual limited edition series. This batch yielded over 15,000 bottles ...
Read More »New Wintertime Whiskeys To Look For
By Richard Thomas Winter is usually a fairly sleepy time for new whisk(e)y releases. After all, it’s the autumn that is the time of year bursting at the seams with hot ticket items. Once Christmas rolls around, things quiet down. That may seem a bit counter-intuitive though, since winter weather is pretty much synonymous with winter-warmer, whiskey-drinking weather. Thankfully, “fairly ...
Read More »Flaviar Launches Their Own In-House, Peaty Vatted Malt
Flaviar, a membership only spirits club, has launched its first ever private label product inspired by its members. The inaugural Son of a Peat is a blended malt Scotch comprised of eight single malts from three regions in Scotland: Islay, Islands and Speyside with a flavor profile developed specifically for Flaviar’s community. Through member feedback and market insights, Flaviar co-founder ...
Read More »Lost Distillery Company Gerston Scotch Review
By Father John Rayls Rating: B The Gerston Distillery had two distinct lives. The first lasted over 80 years, from 1796 to 1882, as a farm distiller operation that was known for its flavor and quality and achieved some worldwide recognition, despite its necessarily small scale. The second life only lasted about two decades from 1886 to perhaps as late ...
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