By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Pushing forward off their outstanding start last year, Lost Lantern has been combining the function of a European negociant — buying casks from distillers for either single barrel bottlings or in-house crafty blends — with the unique scene of American craft distilling. That is where this particular whiskey comes from: Lost Lantern picked up several ...
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Barrell Seagrass Rye Whisky Review
By Michael Cervin Rating: A In 2013, Barrell Craft Spirits launched in Louisville, Kentucky, and it was somewhat unconventional in American spirits circles at the time. Instead of building their own distillery, the decision was made to blend what they felt were “exceptional” casks from established producers, then bottle those whiskeys at cask strength. To that point, there are no ...
Read More »Crabbie’s Yardhead Single Malt Scotch Review
Corrected December 12, 2022 By Alex Southgate Rating: A- It’s always nice to come across something completely unexpected. This was certainly the case recently when I went into my local off-license, looking for one thing and came out with something entirely different. I spotted a whisky on the shelf by Crabbie’s, a company I know well, but for alcoholic ginger ...
Read More »New Riff 6 Year Old Malted Rye Whiskey
By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Just last month, the Northern Kentucky-based distillery New Riff released one of their new (and progressively older) bottled in bond whiskeys in the form of a 6 year old, 100% malted rye. Malted ryes of this type have been a growing category in the past four or five years, and New Riff’s release isn’t even ...
Read More »The Macallan Edition No. 6 Scotch Review
By Emma Briones Rating: A If there’s a range of whiskies that have fascinated me, it must be The Macallan Edition range, a series of limited-edition whiskies chosen to represent the distillery pillars. The collection has come to an end, with the last chapter: The Macallan Edition Nº 6. Each whisky of this range was developed to represent one of ...
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