By Andrew Graham Grade: A- Angel’s Envy has now released the second bourbon in its Cellar Collection, and this one’s an eyebrow-raiser. It’s a 10 year old bourbon—the oldest bourbon the distiller has ever made available for sale—finished for 10 months in tawny Port wine barrels. The first Cellar Collection release was their Oloroso Sherry cask finished bourbon. I got ...

By Randall H. Borkus Rating A-  “Taconic,” (/təˈkɒnᵻk/) was once transliterated as the Taghkanic or Taughannock, meaning “in the trees,” and used as the name of a Lenape chieftain. Taghkanic is still used in eastern New York, as in the name of a small town in the region, for features within and outside the Taconic Mountains. The founders of Taconic Distillery, Gerald Valenti and Paul ...

Woodford Reserve has released a second installment of their annual, high octane series Woodford Reserve Batch Proof, this time bottled at 123.6 proof. This expression is part of the annual Master’s Collection series, which celebrates Master Distiller Chris Morris’ vision and Woodford Reserve’s commitment to innovation and craftsmanship within the bourbon and whiskey category. Batch Proof is crafted using the ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The old timey circus bill-styled label is back, as Westland Distillery’s 2020 Annual Peat Week has come and gone, leaving behind it 590 bottles of American single malt. This being the 6th installment in the series, the pattern should be familiar to fans of either peaty whisky (usually Scottish) or American craft whiskey by now, ...

By Emma Briones Rating: A- Each year, Diageo launches a series of rare whiskies under its “Special Releases” collection. The collection is made up of single malts that are rare and quite special, due to their limited availability, high quality and, some times, strange characteristics. One of the latter is an unpeated version of an Islay classic: Caol Ila Unpeated ...