By Emma Briones Rating: B Highland Park has recently revamped their core range. Along with the launch of their new look and the discontinuance of Dark Origins, the Orkney distillery has released a new expression that may be a little bit different from what we are used to: Highland Park Full Volume. Breaking with the usual Viking theme with this ...

By Debbie Shocair Rating: B- Tommy “Red” Bordner began learning his way around the moonshiner’s still when he was just twelve years old, and today he heads up a distillery in Boiling Springs, SC, where he is making a bevy of  (legal!) spirits. His output spans a range from flavored moonshines to an agave spirit (not made in Mexico, so ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Few individual expressions have the kind of production story about them that Maker’s 46 has built up. The expression was Maker’s Mark first major brand extension, using a finish based on seared French Oak staves inserted into the middle of the barrel. This was an idea first employed by the independent Scotch blender-bottler Compass Box ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Battle Cry is one of the beer-inspired American Malts coming from Rhode Island brewstillery Sons of Liberty. It’s billed as a single malt, but it’s a bit more interesting than that. Technically, a single malt is 100% malted barley and made at a single distillery. Battle Cry doesn’t quite qualify because it used a little ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- If you are a spirits nerd (distilled, not ghostly), then the latest outfit to pay close attention to is PM Spirits. Last month we took our first look at their doings with Mic Drop Bourbon , a cask strength, 8 year old MGP-sourced bourbon. PM Spirits is into more than just bourbon though, and among their ...