Updated August 3, 2020 By Andrew Graham Average Rating: B An Australian single-malt?! Whiskey drinkers in the United States can be forgiven for not really being up to speed on the drams coming out of the land down under. The truth is, Australia has a robust whiskey scene, with more than 40 distilleries operating in the country. Some have won ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ From the moment the Japanese company Suntory acquired Beam Global in a 2014, $16 billion deal, the most toxic kind of croaker began ruminating that Beam would go down the tubes. Nevermind that Four Roses had been revived entirely due to its acquisition by Japanese brewer Kirin; nevermind that Suntory itself was a whisky-maker that ...

By Andrew Graham Rating: B Until recently, with the opening of the Sazerac House in the French Quarter, there were only two distilleries in New Orleans that made whiskey: craft distillers Atelier Vie and Seven Three Distilling Company. Both use Louisiana rice, and both of their drams are truly unique, as I discovered during a visit to New Orleans last ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Heaven Hill chose to kick off 2020 in interesting fashion, with a brand extension of Elijah Craig that carried the line in an entirely new direction: to rye whiskey. My sample bottle was accompanied by a small loaf of bread, made because Heaven Hill’s master distiller Conor O’Driscoll is quite a baker and baking a ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The old timey circus bill-styled label is back, as Westland Distillery’s 2020 Annual Peat Week has come and gone, leaving behind it 590 bottles of American single malt. This being the 6th installment in the series, the pattern should be familiar to fans of either peaty whisky (usually Scottish) or American craft whiskey by now, ...