Corrected December 12, 2022 By Alex Southgate Rating: A- It’s always nice to come across something completely unexpected. This was certainly the case recently when I went into my local off-license, looking for one thing and came out with something entirely different. I spotted a whisky on the shelf by Crabbie’s, a company I know well, but for alcoholic ginger ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Just last month, the Northern Kentucky-based distillery New Riff released one of their new (and progressively older) bottled in bond whiskeys in the form of a 6 year old, 100% malted rye. Malted ryes of this type have been a growing category in the past four or five years, and New Riff’s release isn’t even ...

By Emma Briones Rating: A If there’s a range of whiskies that have fascinated me, it must be The Macallan Edition range, a series of limited-edition whiskies chosen to represent the distillery pillars. The collection has come to an end, with the last chapter: The Macallan Edition Nº 6. Each whisky of this range was developed to represent one of ...

By Douglas Fraser Rating: A- This past autumn, Jack Daniel’s Distillery announced the sixth and seventh whiskeys in its experimental Tennessee Tasters’ Selection series: Jamaican Allspice and 14E19 “Twin” Blend. The series is done in 375 ml “pocket” bottles, and for this pair the release is limited to 24,000 bottles. Here I’ll tackle the “Twin” Blend. Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Tasters’ ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Although the list of small distillers that have produced bonded and fully mature whiskeys is now a long one and keeps growing, not all of them lean heavily or have moved entirely into that category. Whenever I am asked for a short list of small producers who have gone in that direction, Colorado’s Laws Whiskey ...