By Douglas Fraser Rating: B The Glendronach Cask Strength Batch 8 is the second of two sherried limited edition whiskies that embodies the Highland single malt style released late last year, the other being the 1993 Master Vintage. Master Blender Rachel Barrie did an amazing job selecting the perfect combination of the finest Pedro Ximenez and Oloroso Sherry casks from ...

By Emma Briones Rating: A The Benromach Distillery closed its doors in 1983. Luckily for us, thanks to Gordon & MacPhail, it started to produce whisky again in 1998. Since then, its main focus has been to produce whisky as in the style of Speyside as it was in the 1950s, and a good example of that is their Benromach ...

Updated December 13, 2020 By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ To paraphrase my longtime friend, founder of New York’s Whiskey Selections, author and the Deputy Editor here at The Whiskey Reveiwer, Kurt Maitland, more of a good thing is a better thing, so stronger proof whiskey is often better. That is the logic behind the new release from Heaven Hill, introduced ...

By Douglas Fraser Rating: B Booker’s Batch 2019-04 “Beaten Biscuits” holds true to the Booker’s signature of delightfully strong, high proof Kentucky straight bourbon. “Beaten Biscuits” is named after the biscuits Booker Noe made using the recipe passed down from his grandmother. Noe spent years perfecting the recipe, beating the air out of them, and ensured the biscuits maintained a ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ It having been five years since my first look at the cask strength version of one of the best-named whiskeys around, I decided it was time to come around again. Much has happened with the brand during that interval: the makers at Walsh Whiskey formed a partnership to build a distillery; built and opened that ...