By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Even before people were buzzing about “craft whiskey,” innovation was a signature characteristic of small and medium-sized American distillers. Old Potrero, for example, was doing 100% malted rye whiskey in the 1990s, when no one was doing that and there were only a few small whiskey distillers (and no brewstillers; Potrero was an outgrowth of ...

Life goes on in the midst of lockdown in the Bluegrass, and Buffalo Trace Distillery continues the development of its Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr. line with a special release 18 year old bourbon whiskey which is a marriage of three mashbills, two rye bourbon mashbills and one wheated bourbon mashbill. This 100 proof Bottled-In-Bond small batch bourbon was put ...

By Douglas Fraser Grade: B Actor and comedian Nick Offerman has been promoting Lagavulin single malt for some years now. One of his earliest mentions of Lagavulin 16 was in the show Parks and Recreation. Over the years he has done various acts to promote Lagavulin, such as drinking the Scotch in front of a fireplace for 45 minutes without ...

The 2020 release of Michter’s 10 Year Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon will go on sale in May. It is 94.4 proof and it sells for a suggested retail price of $130 in the U.S. Due to current conditions, review samples are not available at this time. Michter’s has a long legacy of offering traditional American whiskeys of uncompromising quality. With ...

By Richard Thomas Annual limited edition releases have become very much a thing in recent years: any whiskey brand worth who has the resources to release something even remotely special on a sustained basis has one, and for good reason. Making something an annual limited edition means it can command a high price tag, although it might not get automatic ...