By Richard Thomas Rating: A- To too many Scotch fans, “grain whisky” is a dirty phrase, the unwanted component that causes them to disdain blends. This is because grain whisky is made with more than just malted barley and in a more efficient column still, which because it is more efficient also produces a less expensive and intrinsically less flavorful ...

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 Kurt Maitland Rating: B Nikka is one of Japan’s premier whiskey distillers with a rich and varied range of whiskeys on sale in international markets. Unfortunately much of their range has not been available Stateside. That is why my opportunity to sample and review the Nikka 5 and 10 year single cask expressions earlier this year came only because ...

Updated March 14, 2016 By Richard Thomas Average Rating: B+ Among whiskey-lovers in the British Isles, the words “grain whisky” often have a dirty connotation. This is because many view grain whiskey as the unwanted cheap stuff used to dilute more desirable malt whiskey. While some grain whiskey is indeed cheap, inferior stuff, so is some malt whiskey, and technically ...