Glenmorangie has announced a refresh to two of its expressions, upping the age statement on one expression while dropping it on another. Glenmorangie’s 12-year-old Port Cask Finish, known as The Quinta Ruban, will now be aged for an additional two years and become a 14-year-old expression.  The extra two years of maturation brings out even deeper flavors of Seville orange ...

Speyside-based distillery Speyburn has announced that its 18 year old single malt is coming to America, and to stay (for a while, anyway). Some 9,000 bottles will be sent to the U.S. market annually. This new addition to the Speyburn range is dedicated to Speyburn’s Distillery Manager, Bobby Anderson; its bottling in late 2018 coincided with his 18th year at the ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- This American Malt whiskey is so new that (at the time of writing) Wiggly Bridge hadn’t even updated their website to reflect its existence! As a single malt, we can guess that it is made from 100% malted barley. The whiskey was bottled at 80 proof. The Whiskey What makes this American Malt so noteworthy ...

By Richard Thomas Truth be told, I’ve been expecting Diageo’s Orphan Barrel series to release a single malt Scotch Whisky ever since they delved into Canadian Whisky two years ago with Entrapment. The British drinks goliath owns the single largest chunk of the Scotch industry, as well as the world’s leading whisky brand, Johnnie Walker. With so much stock to ...

By Emily Mullis Rating: B+ Elwood Distilling Company is a small spirits-maker in Boulder, Colorado. They only have one whiskey, their single malt, but a lot of hard work goes into crafting it. Four kinds of malted barely are used in the distilling process, and the mash from that is distilled twice. To finish, toasted cherry wood staves are added ...