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By Douglas Fraser Grade: B Actor and comedian Nick Offerman has been promoting Lagavulin single malt for some years now. One of his earliest mentions of Lagavulin 16 was in the show Parks and Recreation. Over the years he has done various acts to promote Lagavulin, such as drinking the Scotch in front of a fireplace for 45 minutes without ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A Parliament 21 Year Old sits at the top of Glendronach’s core range, and that is not just because of the two decade age statement. The whisky spent those many years in a mix of Oloroso and Pedro Ximenez Sherry casks. So, this single malt isn’t just finished in Sherry casks or aged for 12 or ...

Treaty Oak Distilling, producer of Treaty Oak Whiskey and Waterloo Gin, today announced that it has closed financing from Whiskey Capital Finance, the nation’s foremost firm financing emerging whiskey brands. Treaty Oak is the first Texas-based distillery to secure financing from the firm, which specializes in lending to whiskey producers across the industry. Treaty Oak Distilling was founded in 2006 ...

By Andrew Graham Grade: B+ Balcones is a Texas distillery whose expressions The Whiskey Reviewer has covered extensively, because they are consistently solid and the distillery’s methods are unique. Balcones uses 100% Hopi blue corn for some of its signature expressions, and they age their corn whiskeys in used 5-gallon barrels. Editor Richard Thomas reviewed its inaugural expression, Baby Blue, ...

The 2020 release of Michter’s 10 Year Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon will go on sale in May. It is 94.4 proof and it sells for a suggested retail price of $130 in the U.S. Due to current conditions, review samples are not available at this time. Michter’s has a long legacy of offering traditional American whiskeys of uncompromising quality. With ...