Updated July 21, 2022 By Richard Thomas Average Rating: B+ In most cases, grain whiskey is a very necessary, but rarely spoken of ingredient for blended whiskey across the British Isles. Over in Scotland, the single malts get all the glory, and many whiskey lovers think of vatted malts (an all-malt whiskey blend from different distilleries) as the next step ...

By S.D. Peters Rating: A+ A lifelong East Coaster in the U.S., I’m not well-versed in the history of America’s “Wild West”… unless we’re talking about the pot stilling wilderness of, say, Western Pennsylvania and the Kentucky Territory in the late 17oo’s… or Sergio Leone’s cinematic deconstructions of the 1960s, which rather stripped the heroic veneer from the traditional Western ...

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: B+ Whenever I am in My Old Kentucky Home visiting the family, I always buy a bottle of bourbon (or two) to bring home with me, and I favor new and unfamiliar bourbons in particular. It was with the latter sentiment in mind that I bought the last bottle of Woodford Reserve’s Maple Wood Finish bourbon ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Jameson 18 Year Old Limited Reserve is billed as the “elder statesmen” of the line by the distillery, and it is certainly the most rarefied bottle of whiskey Jameson produces. Given that Jameson is arguably at the forefront of Irish whiskey labels (it is certainly the most famous), Jameson 18 Year is at the forefront ...