By Douglas Fraser Rating: B Booker’s Batch 2019-04 “Beaten Biscuits” holds true to the Booker’s signature of delightfully strong, high proof Kentucky straight bourbon. “Beaten Biscuits” is named after the biscuits Booker Noe made using the recipe passed down from his grandmother. Noe spent years perfecting the recipe, beating the air out of them, and ensured the biscuits maintained a ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ It having been five years since my first look at the cask strength version of one of the best-named whiskeys around, I decided it was time to come around again. Much has happened with the brand during that interval: the makers at Walsh Whiskey formed a partnership to build a distillery; built and opened that ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Whenever I’m confronted with a well-meaning whiskey nerd—the type who isn’t as well-informed as he thinks he is, but isn’t actually toxic—I’m often confronted with the notions that “all craft whiskey sucks” and this is because “they are all young and aged in tiny barrels.” What I usually find upon engaging said enthusiasts in conversation ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Something I say a lot in connection to The Whiskey Reviewer is we’re a whiskey media site, so it’s not necessarily just about bottles of whisk(e)y, but what we do must have a whiskey connection. This is why we have made a habit of writing up whiskey barrel-aged beers and wines from time to time, ...

By Randall H. Borkus Rating: B The historic James E. Pepper Distillery was making bourbon in Lexington, Kentucky until 1958, when production ceased and the brand was abandoned for over 50 years. In December 2017, the new James E. Pepper Distillery (DSP-KY-5) began distilling whiskey again in part of the old building, basing its mash bill on historic recipes and ...