By Emma Briones Rating: B+ Located on the Scottish Highlands, Tomatin has recently launched a new limited-edition range. Called Five Virtues, it is inspired by nature elements that have been key to human evolution. These elements (wood, fire, earth, metal and water) are also a part of the whisky process. That is why the brand has decided to honor them ...
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Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Tennessee Whiskey Review
By Father John Rayls Rating: B+ Uncle Nearest 1856 Premium Whiskey shows where Tennessee Whiskey is headed as a category. Defined by law as, essentially, bourbon with the added step of filtration in sugar maple charcoal undertaken before maturation, the category has spread from Jack Daniel’s and George Dickel to a host of craft distilleries in the Volunteer State. As ...
Read More »Barrell Whiskey Infinite Barrel 02-2018 Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B As the ranks of whisk(e)y enthusiasts continues to swell, an old concept has gotten some new life and is spreading: the infinity bottle. When a particularly favored bottle reaches its last pour or two, the contents are emptied into a special bottle, mixing with the remnants of past favored whiskeys already there. Thus an evolving, ...
Read More »DYC 12 Year Old Whisky Review
By Emma Briones Rating: B+ The Spanish distillery DYC has recently announced a new range of whiskies called “Maestros Destiladores” (Masters Distillers).” The new range will be comprised, according to DYC, of high-quality whiskies. The first release in this collection is DYC 12 Year Old Blended Whisky. First, a quick reminder about who DYC is, since they aren’t well known ...
Read More »Clyde May’s Alabama Whiskey Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Craft whiskey is full of stories about this how this whiskey is inspired by something from the pre-Prohibition era or how this recipe was used by moonshiners. This quest for historic authenticity is understandable, and backstories of this kind run a Politifact-style range from true to “Pants On Fire.” Clyde May was a real moonshiner ...
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