By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The latest batch of uncut, unfiltered, well-sourced and skillfully blended bourbon goodness from Barrell Craft Spirits in Batch 028. According to the fact sheet, this is a bourbon fashioned from 10 and 11 year old whiskeys sourced out of Kentucky, Tennessee and Indiana. The latter two are usually attributed to Cascade Hollow (formerly known as ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- If Sea Fog Rye Whiskey seems like a new name in craft whiskey circles, the distillery behind it is not. Newport Craft got its start in 1999, setting out to revive the Rhode Island tradition of making rum. They became the first licensed distiller in their tiny state in 135 years, and their rum is ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: C+ February 2021 saw the first-ever major reform in Japanese Whisky law, which was rather notorious in world whisky circles for having essentially no laws. When it came to Japanese Whisky, one could count on the two giants of Suntory and Nikka doing things in keeping with international standards, out of respect for tradition and protecting ...

By Douglas Fraser Average Rating: B- Booker’s Small Batch Bourbon is the creation of legendary Jim Beam Master Distiller Booker Noe, continued by his son and successor Fred Noe. Booker’s was a forerunner of the seminal Jim Beam Small Batch Collection of the early 1990s, which did so much to cement the foundation of bourbon’s comeback. Each year, four batches ...

By Alex Southgate Rating: B+ It’s always nice to try new things. To be lucky enough to be one of the first to try something is an added boon. I count myself to be one of that lucky group and am very pleased to be able to tell you all about Warehouse 2, Batch 001, the new expression from Fettercairn. ...