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By Richard Thomas It’s the first week of October, and whisk(e)y fans are fast approaching the middle of the ultra-hot Autumn Release Season. Usually centered on a series of much-anticipated, hard-to-get American annual limited releases, this year Scotland and Japan have some noteworthy whiskies either out now or coming out shortly to liven up the mix. These are the new ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- A shift has been taking place in how Angel’s Envy Cask Strength is made. Some of the better barrels picked out for dumping, up to seven years old, were set aside for use in this release. These were often from the upper tiers of the warehouse. Those who know their Bourbon aging dynamics know that ...

By Richard Thomas Parker’s Heritage is one of two series of annual limited editions that leave enthusiasts guessing as to what is coming. Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition is always a bourbon, with the mystery being the very technical, nerdy issue of which of the distillery’s ten recipes will be used and how old said stock will be. Buffalo ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- How someone in Japan could put good whisky in the same kind of utilitarian packaging one might use for a big bottle of beer is beyond me, but don’t let that throw you. Ohishi whiskies might not measure up to the finest The Yamazaki has to offer, but it’s pretty good stuff and ought not ...

Kilchoman has announced its intention to release Kilchoman 2009 Vintage and Kilchoman Red Wine Cask Matured on October 9th. For the new Red Wine Cask release, just under 10,000 bottles will be available worldwide from the 9th of October. Distilled in 2012, the Kilchoman Red Wine Cask Matured has spent its full maturation term in the single cask type rather ...