By Kurt Maitland Rating: A+ I feel a little guilty having my first review for The Whiskey Reviewer start off with an A+ rating (it makes me come off as an easy grader) but the taste buds don’t lie. Midleton is one of the best tasting blended whiskeys I have ever had the pleasure to imbibe. When you look at ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A+ Although Pappy Van Winkle has only a middling history as Kentucky bourbon’s go, the label is one of the most rarefied on the market today. As the story goes, Julian P. Van Winkle graduated from Centre College in Kentucky in 1892, went to work for a wholesaler, and gravitated into whiskey-making when he bought the ...