By Richard Thomas Rating: C+ You might expect Sonoma’s Cherrywood-Smoked Rye to be a variant on their house rye whiskey, but it’s actually a different animal. The flagship rye is a 100% rye that gets a finish in ex-bourbon barrels. This is a wheated and smoked rye whiskey; the mash bill is 80% rye, 10% cherrywood smoked and malted barley, ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: C+ Adam Spiegel started his California distillery in 2010, late enough that I suppose it would be appropriate to call Sonoma Distilling Company a “middle entrant” into the craft whiskey scene. When it comes to the small and medium distilling scene, collectively known as “craft whiskey,” I think it’s best to ask what are they doing ...

By Randall H. Borkus Rating: C+ The Jack Daniel Distillery in Lynchburg, Tennessee is known for its signature whiskey, filtered through sugar maple charcoal to give it its distinctive flavor which so many either love or hate. For the longest time, Jack Daniel’s stuck with just a few expressions, and although they weren’t as stubborn as Maker’s Mark about brand ...

Updated October 13, 2019 By Emma Briones Rating: C+ After the discontinuation of Old Pulteney 17 and 21,  the Wick Distillery needed to revamp its core range. That is why, a few months ago, they announced a new range that is already available in Europe. The first expression in this new range is Old Pulteney Huddart. This is a NAS ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Dad’s Hat Vermouth Finish is their best known whiskey of this type, but not the only one, because the Philadelphia-area distillery also has a Port-finished version of its whiskey. Taking the same very high rye, no corn recipe (80% rye + 5% malted rye, then 15% malted barley) that is the basis for all their ...