By Richard Thomas Rating: B I think of myself as having a special, if informal, relationship with the Angel’s Envy Cask Strength. When Angel’s Envy first came out, it was the first sourced Bourbon brand to build it’s identity around barrel finishing, and the cask in question was the Port pipe. I used to be able to point to that ...

By Father John Rayls Rating: B In 1927, The Hilhaven Lodge was created as a remote recreational retreat for its owner outside of nearby Hollywood. Former owners have included Ingrid Bergman and producer Alan Carr, and the current owner is director and producer Brett Ratner, best known for his Rush Hour films. Ratner partnered with Diageo to produce The Hilhaven Lodge Blended ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- WhistlePig’s Boss Hog has become another of annual limited edition series, and representing as it does aged cask strength rye whiskey, it should be a new fixture on any bottle hunter’s list of things to think about acquiring. This is especially so because compared to say, Thomas H. Handy Rye, it’s not as famous and ...

By Richard Thomas Rating:B+ Tullamore Dew 10 Year Old Single Malt was a particular favorite of mine, one of my favorite Irish Whiskeys in fact. Part of what made it so special was that the whiskey was a four wood, drawn from malt whiskey stock aged in ex-bourbon, Port, Sherry and Madeira casks. It’s not a combination often seen (indeed, ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Barrell Bourbon had already released a handful of their signature cask strength bourbons when they released their first “American Whiskey.” Writing up Barrell Whiskey Batch 001 had been on my to-do list for a while, so much so that I actually got to the Sherry cask-finished Batch 002 before writing up the original. The result ...