By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ I recently found myself emailing with Stephen Paul, founder of Arizona’s Hamilton Distillers and ardent Scotch whisky lover, about my most recent book, American Whiskey. His Del Bac whiskeys were covered in that book, with my tasting notes dating to 2016. The Whiskey Reviewer‘s posted reviews were done by another contributor and date to 2015. ...

Rogue Ales & Spirits has launched a Single Barrel Project whiskey series, a limited-series of one-off single barrels of Rogue whiskey that have been finished in unique ways. Rogue is the only farmer-brewer-distiller-cooper in the United States and because of this, Rogue is able to handcraft innovative products such as this Single Barrel Project at their headquarters in Newport, Oregon. ...

Corrected November 24, 2020 By Richard Thomas Rating: B- In one respect, 2020 is the year I’ve been waiting for, because it was the year that the American craft whiskey sector was finally deep enough to allow for the return of the whiskey negociant. The Scotch whisky industry emerged from the trying times of the first half of the 20th ...

Westward Whiskey celebrates the launch of its third permanent expression – Westward American Single Malt Pinot Noir Cask, which joins the original Westward American Single Malt and Westward American Single Malt Stout Cask. Westward American Single Malt Pinot Noir Cask is a truly elegant whiskey, influenced by Oregon’s premier grape varietal: Pinot Noir. This blend of cask-finished whiskeys is created ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B Iowa’s Cedar Ridge Distillery has spent several years perfecting their malt whiskey. They released their first batch in 2014, and each successive batch saw a major tweak in the production process. At one point, they adopted a solera system, and no two batches were ever the same when it came to cask stock choices for ...