By Debbie Shocair Rating: C Spectrum Spirits hails from North Charleston, South Carolina, (according to the label on the bottle) or Palisades Park, New Jersey (according to their website). Their Cavalry Last Stand is without question a new style American Craft whiskey, but I have some technical issues with calling it a bourbon. These concerns are not with the fact ...

By Father John Rayls Rating: B+ In continuing my exploration of “bottom shelf” whiskeys, I stumbled upon another winner: Old Grand Dad 114 from Beam Suntory. This is not a refined whiskey with a soft, smooth, delicate style, but is instead a very direct and to the point bourbon that takes the “punch to the throat” approach. It drinks a ...

Updated March 31, 2019 By Richard Thomas Average Rating:B- I know what you must be thinking: “How can The Whiskey Reviewer just now be getting around to writing up Bulleit Bourbon!?” The whiskey is such a staple for so many that, admittedly, we should have done it long ago. All I can offer by way of explanation is that there ...

Updated December 15, 2017 By Randall Borkus Average Rating: B- Life is so good!  My family is healthy and I am fortunate to find myself sitting on the 14th floor Oceanside of a great hotel on the Gulf of Mexico in Panama City Beach, Florida, sampling a new barrel proof bourbon whiskey from Redemption, heretofore bottlers of rye whiskey only. ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: C+ At the core of the Jameson Irish Whiskey brand reorganization was the introduction of The Whiskey Makers series. Some old expressions were repackaged into Black Barrel and Crested, Signature Reserve was brought into wider distribution, and the travel retail Deconstructed series was introduced. Yet all of these steps were comparatively modest or had taken place ...