By Richard Thomas Rating: B Corsair Distillery has changed quite a bit since its founding, with the most striking and important part of that evolution being how the distillery first opened its doors in 2008 in Bowling Green, Kentucky; gradually shifted its focus south to Nashville; and finally abandoned its foothold in Kentucky in 2018, becoming an entirely Tennessee operation. ...

By Andrew Graham Grade: B+ Ardbeg has added a new expression to its core lineup: Wee Beastie, a phrase that seems like it should mean something specific, but I have no clue what. * With an age statement of five years, Ardbeg is successfully threading the needle with Wee Beastie. Nobody is going to boast about drinking a five year ...

By Douglas Fraser Grade: B Kinsey Bourbon Whiskey 4 year is the last of the three whiskies in the Kinsey box set I received for Christmas 2019. Kinsey is an expression of whiskies from New Liberty Distillery in Philadelphia, PA, reviving a defunct brand name while also paying homage to the original foundation along the Schuylkill River. The Bourbon Kinsey ...

By Andrew Graham Grade: B- Based 10 miles east of Great Salt Lake in Utah, Ogden’s Own Distillery is perhaps best known in their region for its portfolio of Porter’s flavored whiskies. It also makes vodka and gin, and it now sells a rye, which is sourced from MGP in Indiana. Porter’s Small Batch Rye uses the popular MGP rye ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Every year since 2014, that fabled and peaty Scottish island of Islay has seen Ardbeg Day sometime at the end of May or beginning of June. Usually a festival held at the distillery, this year it was a virtual celebration due to the pandemic. However, Ardbeg Day was still marked by the release of The ...