By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ When Campari decided to launch a collection around the idea of long gone, lesser known whiskey personalities and defunct brands, they couldn’t have chosen a better concept to work with in the initial release than Old Ripy. This is because Irish immigrant James Ripy became the bourbon baron of Anderson County, with his distillery just ...
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Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon Review
By Father John Rayls Rating: B+ Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style Bourbon Whisky is a celebration of the long and storied history of the brand and the Brown-Forman Distillery. More specifically, it’s a celebration of the distillery’s work during Prohibition. You read that correctly. Brown-Forman continued their distillation for all 13 years of Prohibition. They were one of six organizations ...
Read More »Gordon & MacPhail Strathisla 2005 Scotch Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B This particular Gordon & MacPhail bottling is from their Distillery Labels series, taken from Strathisla stock. Strathisla is best known for being the oldest working distillery in Scotland, dating to 1786. That was decades before the legalization of whisky distillation in Scotland. The plant is now owned by Chivas, who refer to it as the ...
Read More »Glenfiddich IPA Scotch Review
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 ...
Read More »Chivas Regal Extra Scotch Review
By Emma Briones Rating: C Chivas Regal Extra was announced at the end of 2014 and launched in March 2015 as a Travel Retail Exclusive. At that time, this release was the first new blend from the iconic brand since 2007. As a strict blended whisky, it still counts as their latest, since the new Chivas Regal Ultis is a ...
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