By Father John Rayls Rating: B+ 1792 Single Barrel is the newest release of Barton 1792 Distillery of Bardstown, Kentucky, in turn owned by the Sazerac Company and a stablemate of Buffalo Trace. The head office has been giving Barton something of a push lately, what with the 1792 Sweet Wheat and Port-Finish, and now the new Single Barrel, and ...
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Longmorn Distiller’s Choice Scotch Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: B- You don’t need to look hard to find bloggers and whatnot intent on deriding every single no age statement (NAS) whiskey expression to come down the pike these days, whether it be bourbon or single malt. Yet it’s hard to deny many of these expressions try hard to find ways to deliver quality without relying ...
Read More »Lot 40 Canadian Whisky Review
Updated April 28, 2016 By Father John Rayls Average Rating: B+ Lot 40 Canadian Rye Whisky is a product of Hiram Walker & Sons, the former parent company of Canadian Club and now part of Pernard Ricard. The namesake, Hiram Walker, was one of Canada’s pioneering whisky distillers in the early 1850s, along with fellow luminaries J.P. Wiser and Henry ...
Read More »Cut Spike Single Malt Whiskey Review
By Father John Rayls Rating: B Cut Spike is a renamed/re-branded distillery in La Vista, Nebraska, a little community outside of Omaha. It was founded in 2008 as Solas by its sister brewing company, Lucky Bucket, and this whiskey is the first single malt release in Nebraska since Prohibition. Although an American malt doesn’t necessarily have to be, this whiskey ...
Read More »Glenfiddich Bourbon Barrel Reserve 14 Year Old Scotch Review
By Debbie Shocair Rating: B When the proprietor of my favorite local happy juice store pointed out this little Speyside gem, I knew it had to be mine. The Glenfiddich 15 is one of my favorite single malts, and I was sure this 14 year old bourbon barrel-aged whisky would turn out to be a lovely, if divergent, interpretation on ...
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