By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Jack Daniel’s has followed up on the success of last year’s very limited release, Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Heritage Barrel, with a new installment for 2019. For 2018, Master Distiller Jeff Arnett ordered 200 specially toasted barrels, filled them up with Tennessee new make at a mere 100 proof (an particularly low entry proof, lower ...

By Emma Briones Rating: A- There are so many whiskeys available globally that, sometimes, a good whiskey should stay close to home. Not for its limited availability or its high quality. Just because it is something special or it will be better enjoyed in a concrete environment. And one of those whiskeys is the new Method and Madness Single Pot ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- The latest super premium offering from WhistlePig delves into the realm of using malted rye in the mash bill and takes into ultra aged territory. Malted rye whiskey is not new to keen observers of the craft sector, where even some 100% malted ryes exist. However, most of these malted rye whiskeys are youthful, only ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Ever since Wild Turkey launched Master’s Keep, their answer to Kentucky’s annual limited edition whiskey series, I’ve been asking (often out loud) when the series would do a rye entry. Wild Turkey’s 101 proof rye whiskey was a massive favorite among the diehards of that obscure drinking category, back in the days before trendy bartenders ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Whenever a wholly new whiskey comes out and is established as a good one, I think the first question to follow should be “what will it be like at full proof/cask strength?” If it’s an American Whiskey and you aren’t asking that question, well, feel ashamed and check in your enthusiast credentials; you are officially ...