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Walsh Whiskey Distillery has released the second expression in The Irishman Founder’s Reserve Cask Series, this time a vatting of Single Pot Still and Single Malt whiskeys, finished for 6 months in Chairman’s Reserve Rum casks. In recent years, as part of his research into new cask finishes for his portfolio of whiskeys, Walsh Whiskey founder, Bernard Walsh, has sourced ...

By Father John Rayls Rating: B Little is known about the provenance of this whisky. It’s labeled as a single malt, so it must have been sourced from a single distillery. Also, it’s known to have been “aged in American oak” and then given a “first-fill bourbon cask finish.” Who bottles it and what distillery it comes from are shadowy ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: C- Mesquite whiskeys are hardly anything new. The wood is a staple of barbecue in the Southwest, and it’s flavor had appeared in all manner of foods and drinks in the American Southwest prior to the first mesquite-smoked bourbons and American malts appearing some years ago. Still, that is an American, and particularly Southwestern, thing. The ...

Following the grand unveiling of its new £140 million for The Macallan, Edrington is now reported as looking for a buyer for its blended whisky brands Cutty Sark and Famous Grouse, as part of a narrowing of effort to focus on higher end, luxury products. Cutty Sark is a major selling Scotch Whisky in Southern Europe, thanks to it’s top ...

Warehouse 30 at Barton 1792 Distillery has completely collapsed, no injuries are reported and no one was inside. This comes a little overa week after the first half of the same warehouse collapsed unexpectedly. As a result of the first collapse on June 22, the Barton 1792 Distillery team was prepared and had equipment on site to address any further problems ...