By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Treaty Oak of Texas is following a very well-traveled path of mixing in-house products with sourced brands, as it builds its stock of aged spirits and its reputation. This is such a staple of small distilling in America that I find myself scoffing at the croakers who continue to gripe about it, especially when a ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- If OOLA started their Discourse series with the intent of starting conversations about non-traditional whiskey-making methods, I’m not sure if Discourse C was the right place to start. That release was essentially a bourbon whiskey finished in Cabernet barrels. While not exactly traditional, in an era when there are nearly 600 craft distillers making and ...

Canadian Club has raised the bar on the age of their expressions with the release of a whiskey barreled in 1977, Canadian Club 41 Year Old Whisky. Already named Canadian Whisky of the Year in Whisky Bible 2019 (presumably Jim Murray got a sneak peek), it will be released in the U.S. in time for holiday shoppers. For a four ...

The Sazerac Company, one of America’s oldest family owned, privately held distillers, is purchasing 19 brands from Diageo, a global leader in beverage alcohol with an outstanding collection of brands across the spirits and beer categories. The brands being purchased by Sazerac are Seagram’s V.O. Seagram’s 83, Seagram’s Five Star, Myers’s, Romana Sambuca, Yukon Jack, Booth’s, Goldschlager, Popov, Relska, The ...

By Father John Rayls Rating: A With Little Book Chapter 02: Noe Simple Task created and supervised by Freddie Noe, we may have what is the most prominent expression of what could be broadly described as North American whisky, as part of the blend is from Kentucky and part is from Canada. This concoction is made by blending an 8 ...