By Randall H. Borkus Rating: A- Beam Suntory’s Hardin’s Creek line of whiskeys, launched just last year, is back with a new trilogy called “The Kentucky Series.” The theme is exploring the impact of very specific buildings and locales inside Kentucky on maturation. All three bourbon whiskeys were laid down with the same mashbill 17 years ago yet aged at different ...

By Richard Thomas Bruichladdich Distillery brings together two distinct threads. Although the distillery dates back to the late 19th Century, it was shuttered in 1994, and Bruichladdich as a whisky brand really dates to its reopening under entrepreneur Mark Reynier and Master Distiller Jim McEwan in 2000. Much as he did with Waterford Distillery in Ireland, Reynier put Bruichladdich on ...

Redbreast Irish Whiskey has introduced Redbreast 10-Year-Old Distillery Edition. The new Redbreast expression will be exclusively available Irish Distillers’ brand homes; the newly reopened Midleton Distillery Experience in Cork and Jameson Distillery Bow Street in Dublin. Designed and crafted by Master Blender Billy Leighton with his deputy, Blender Dave McCabe, Redbreast 10 is a reimagining of Gilbey’s historic 10 year ...

Woodford Reserve has released a new limited-edition bottle as part of its continuing Distillery Series, Toasted Oak Four Grain. This new release is a blend of Woodford Reserve’s Bourbon, Rye, Wheat and Malt whiskeys. The whiskey was first aged in a standard new oak barrel, and was then finished in heavily toasted new oak barrels. So, this isn’t a four ...

Wyoming Whiskey has released its National Parks No. 3 and The Grand bourbon whiskies, marking the third iteration of its National Parks collection. The distinct Fall 2023 bourbon releases will pay tribute to Grand Teton National Park and support the park’s philanthropic partner, Grand Teton National Park Foundation (GTNPF) in their continued efforts to preserve natural and cultural resources, and ...