By Richard Thomas Rating: B Back in 2018, Jack Daniel’s introduced a Bottled in Bond version of their Old No. 7 Tennessee Whiskey. This was a travel retail expression, and as such they put it in a larger 1-liter bottle (that is an extra five shots, for those of you who are interested in the math). Fast forward 2 1/2 ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Dewar’s is a pretty familiar sight in the United States, as well it should be: it’s the second-best selling Scotch Whisky brand in the country, and that country happens to be the world’s most lucrative whiskey market. Less well-known are the single malts (or grain whiskies for that matter) that go into this popular blended ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Out this month is a new offering from Newport’s New Riff Distillery, part of the Northern Kentucky enclave of distilleries. This story starts when New Riff began mashing and distilling a 100% malted rye in 2014. The first batch of this was released a year ago, which was also when the idea for this expression ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Rochester’s Black Button Distilling has a foot in two different camps when it comes to bourbon. One foot is in the craft sector, where they have released a flagship four grain bourbon. The other harkens back to a older and more traditional time, when New York was one of the nation’s major whiskey-making states. This ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B West Virginia’s Smooth Ambler became a fan favorite from the start, establishing a reputation for transparency early on. The company was one of the first to ply the now well-trodden path of starting a whiskey business as a bottler of sourced stock, build a brand, and then transition into becoming a distiller. They have yet ...