By Richard Thomas Rating: B Bond & Lillard is the other whiskey in the initial Whiskey Barons release from Campari. Like its sibling Old Ripy, Bond & Lillard is a name from the Anderson County distilling industry of old. Since Campari owns Wild Turkey, and Wild Turkey is found on the outskirts of Anderson County’s seat of Lawrenceburg, the choice ...

By Emma Briones Rating: B+ Label 5 is the 9th best selling Scotch brand in the world, with 31 million bottles sold globally. It is owned by the French company La Martiniquaise, and has won several major awards in the whisky industry. This blended whisky is made with a selection of malt and grain whiskies, one of them being Glen ...

By Randall H. Borkus Rating: B Woodford Reserve has re-release their popular Double Double Oaked Kentucky Bourbon whiskey. It was first unveiled as part of the Distillery Series’ expressions in 2015. The Double Double Oaked expression comes about by finishing the Woodford Reserve Double Oaked in a second, heavily toasted, lightly charred, new oak barrel for an additional year. “We ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- The blended whisky Usquaebach dates back to 1877, but it is perhaps more identified with using ceramic bottles for regular Old Rare Superior release than it’s antiquity. Still, old the brand is, and it has been almost a quarter century since a new expression came out under the Usquaebach name. That drought is now over ...

By Randall H. Borkus Rating: C+ Widow Jane is the micro-distillery out of Red Hook, Brooklyn, owned by Cacao Prieto, the maker of “beans-to-bar” fresh chocolates. Their spirit expressions are largely not distilled at their distillery, but are instead sourced whiskey from other distilleries in Kentucky and maybe Indiana. Widow Jane Distillery has their own still, however, and are now beginning ...