By Richard Thomas Rating: B The latest product from the Old Pogue Distillery in Maysville, Kentucky, Old Maysville Club is the evolution of their Five Fathers. These are both revivals of Pogue distillery brands, and both based on an old Pogue recipe calling for 100% malted rye. The two year old Five Fathers met with decidedly mixed reviews, but Old ...

Expect These Unexpecteds At Your Next Whisk(e)y Tasting By Richard Thomas Let’s say you are going to your first tasting of Bourbon or Irish or Scotch or some mix therein. Or, perhaps, let’s say you are going to your first such event after a gap of a few years. You will probably find a few things, pleasant and unpleasant, that ...

By Richard Thomas One of the subjects I see regularly abused by whisk(e)y snobs is glassware. While I encourage enthusiasts to take an interest in things that might enhance their enjoyment of their drink of choice, at the same time I have images of esteemed master distillers drinking their own product out of a Dixie Cup to contrast that to. ...

Updated January 19, 2020 By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ As a very nearly inflexible rule, I don’t do reviews based on samples taken at tastings, conventions, festivals and such. The reason is simple enough: I like to take my time to get to know a whisky, and you simply can’t do that there. This is to say nothing of how ...

By Richard Thomas Unsurprisingly, the American whiskey I am asked most often about whether I can help someone acquire is Pappy Van Winkle. The second-most asked after acquisition is the surprise, because it’s not George T. Stagg or W.L. Weller 12 Year Old, but Old Pogue. In a story that very much mirrors the renewal of the Bourbon industry, this ...