By Richard Thomas Whisky magazine’s World Whisky Awards attracted more attention than usual this year, perhaps because of the new faces that were among the results. Several of the WWA 2014 picks were also highlighted during the course of the last year by The Whiskey Reviewer, and here is our guide to the award winners: Best American Bourbon: Colonel E.H. ...

By Richard Thomas In the wake of St. Patrick’s Day, here is a thoroughly Hibernian, whiskey-soaked desert concept: bread pudding with a dram or two of the old Irish in it. Ingredients For pudding: 3 eggs 3/4 cup of sugar 2 cups of whole milk 1/2 cup of heavy cream 1/2 tbsp. vanilla extract 1/2 tsp. ground cinnamon 1/2 a ...

By S.D. Peters Rating: A+ Until recently in the U.S., Jameson and Bushmills White Label were to Irish Whiskey what Jim Beam Rye and Old Overholt were to American Rye Whiskey: the few examples of their type readily available to U.S. whiskey drinkers. Like American Rye, Irish Whiskey was a once popular whiskey fallen on hard times — and now, ...

By Jake Emen Average Rating: A Knappogue Castle has two expressions in the Twin Wood line: a 14 year old and a 16 year old. Both are no-peat, triple distilled malt whiskeys in the Irish style, aged in both bourbon and sherry barrels, but there are some differences beyond the extra two years in the aging statement. The 14 Year ...

By Kurt Maitland and Richard Thomas Rating: B   As described by my colleague S.D. Peters, Knappogue Castle is a revival of a former Assistant Secretary of the Navy’s labor of love. Mark Edwin Andrews, who was a World War Two Navy officer and did his stint as Assistant Secretary under President Truman, enjoyed a lucrative post-naval career in the ...