By Richard Thomas Rating: B When Heaven Hill discontinued their 6 Year Old Bottled in Bond Bourbon, a Kentucky-only release, the decision was greeted with mourning. Even though the expression was always a nod to the distillery’s home state and its diehard bourbon drinking populace, it had become popular with enthusiasts everywhere as a whiskey that punched well above its ...

By Douglas Fraser Rating: B The Dalmore has been a respected distillery in the Highlands of Scotland since 1839, when it was founded by Alexander Matheson. The distillery is located just outside Inverness Scotland, along the shores of the Cromarty Firth, and in 1867 was sold by Sir Kenneth Matheson to the Mackenzie family. The 12-point stag embedded on every ...

By Paer Johansson Rating: B+ Old Bear is the name for Swiss distillery Langatun’s smoky expression. The Bear is triple distilled from roasted malted barley and matured in Chateauneuf-du-Pape casks for six years. The Whisky The color is clear mahogany and the nose has a very strong and pleasant aroma of Smoked ham. It is really like being in a ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Michter’s released their Toasted Barrel Sour Mash Whiskey this month, completing a series of double new oak barrel aged whiskeys in irregular and limited edition release. Their popular Toasted Barrel Bourbon was followed in 2017 by a limited edition release that gave their rye whiskey a double new oak barrel treatment. Now the Sour Mash ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Whenever a wholly new whiskey comes out and is established as a good one, I think the first question to follow should be “what will it be like at full proof/cask strength?” If it’s an American Whiskey and you aren’t asking that question, well, feel ashamed and check in your enthusiast credentials; you are officially ...