By Richard Thomas Rating: B- When I was in Ireland this past November, I learned Beam Suntory, owners of both the Cooley and Kilbeggan distilleries, intended to consolidate some of the old Cooley brands under the better known Kilbeggan banner. Greenore, one of the earliest entrants in the reinvented single grain category, was one of these, and now it has ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ David Stewart was Master Blender and Malt Master at William Grant & Sons for  more than 30 years before handing the reins over to Brian Kinsman in 2009, so long that many forget just what a major innovator Stewart had been in the scotch industry. This is so much the case that I sometimes find ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- If experimentation is the byword of the American craft whiskey movement, Dark Corner is certainly doing more than its share with whiskeys like Stumphouse. The whiskey starts with a 2/3s red winter wheat, 1/3 malt mashbill, and from there departs from the American whiskey model by aging in spent, small barrels from the distillery’s Lewis ...

By S.D. Peters Rating: B Founder’s Rye Whiskey is the latest release from Standfordville, New York’s Millbrook Distillery. Launched in 2013 by founders Paul Coughlin and Gerry Valenti, Millbrook Distillery kicked-off its line of spirits with a Straight Bourbon named after Dutchess County, in which Standfordville resides. Dutchess Private Reserve 2013 was followed by a Limited Edition Barrel Strength Bourbon. ...

By Diana Karou Cheang Rating: C+ It is an eccentric thing that I have chosen to nose Glenglassaugh’s first expression released at the engagement of their distillery business at the very last line of three expressions they released mid 2014. At their Revival Tour, guests can see the traditional methods used at distilling, enjoy the fascinating history of the still ...