By Father John Rayls Rating: B+ I was cruising the “bottom-shelf” at a local liquor warehouse when I discovered a nondescript bottle of bourbon listed for under 25 bucks. The bottle appeared generic and the label did nothing to draw any attention, but I had found Lazy River Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey nonetheless. I had never heard of it. Apparently, ...
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1792 High Rye Bourbon Review
By April Manning Rating: B 1792 High Rye Bourbon is the creation of Barton 1792 Distillery, which is the oldest distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky. The name honors the year Kentucky became a state. In 2009 the Barton distillery was acquired by the largest distilling company in the United States, the Sazerac Company. The 1792 brand is bottling a line of ...
Read More »Ben Nevis 24 Year Old (Signatory Vintage) Scotch Review
By Kurt Maitland Rating: B+ There are two stories here: that of the Ben Nevis Distillery and that of Signatory. Ben Nevis is a malt whisky distillery at the foot of the Ben Nevis mountain, the highest mountain in the UK (4,411 feet). near the Victoria Bridge to the north of Fort William. Founded in 1825 by John McDonald (known ...
Read More »Jack Daniel’s 150th Anniversary Tennessee Whiskey Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Jack Daniel’s Distillery celebrated it’s 150th Anniversary this year. Mind you, that isn’t 150 years in continuous operation, and that famed distillery in Lynchburg suffered a longer closure than its cousins across the state line in Kentucky. Tennessee enacted Prohibition in 1909. The distillery was not reopened until after the passage of the 21st Amendment ...
Read More »Laphroaig Lore Scotch Review
By Emma Briones Rating: B+ Laphroaig is one of the icons of Islay. After just over 200 years of making whisky, they’ve released in 2016 this new expression of their core range: Laphroaig Lore. This new release is supposed to be, according to the distillery, “the richest of the rich.” Laphroaig Lore is a NAS whisky, created by Laphroaig Distillery ...
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