By Richard Thomas Rating: B This particular Gordon & MacPhail bottling is from their Distillery Labels series, taken from Strathisla stock. Strathisla is best known for being the oldest working distillery in Scotland, dating to 1786. That was decades before the legalization of whisky distillation in Scotland. The plant is now owned by Chivas, who refer to it as the ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- In my mind, certain types of releases mark a transition point for any new distillery, and putting out a Bottled in Bond is certainly the clearest milestone one sees today. Although people tend not to think of Willett as either a mid-sized distillery or a new one, since the family has had a sizable presence ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B The latest product from the Old Pogue Distillery in Maysville, Kentucky, Old Maysville Club is the evolution of their Five Fathers. These are both revivals of Pogue distillery brands, and both based on an old Pogue recipe calling for 100% malted rye. The two year old Five Fathers met with decidedly mixed reviews, but Old ...

By Emma Briones Rating: B The Dublin Liberties Copper Alley Irish Whiskey was launched in September 2016 as a limited release, following the previous year’s Oak Devil. This is then the second expression in The Dublin Liberties line. Cooper Alley is named after one of the oldest streets in Dublin and one of the most racous, where tanners, tradesmen and ...

By Debbie Shocair Rating: B+ Lebanon, Kentucky’s Limestone Branch Distillery has released a second Yellowstone Limited Edition. Like all of the Yellowstone whiskeys, this is conjunction with Luxco, who own a stake in Limestone Branch and also bottle Ezra Brooks and Rebel Yell. Limestone Branch is the seat of Steve and Paul Beam, brothers who are seventh-generation distillers from the ...