In our pursuit of excellence, we’ve encountered some quite awe-inspiring whiskies. The four you see at the top of our scoreboard, those we have rated as ‘Sublime’, are the whiskies…
For all those who ‘fight oral hygiene’ (is that common?), here’s the solution, from a 1961 edition of House and Garden magazine. Jigger whiskey toothpaste. It’s apparently flavoured with ‘the real…
We reviewed Jim Beam’s White Label in early December and we’ve moved on to the Black Label, which is aged twice as long as its younger sibling. The eight years…
I’ve hopped over the Atlantic again (only figuratively, annoyingly) and now find myself in Kentucky. Elijah Craig, for those wondering, was a nineteenth century Baptist preacher from Virginia who ended…
Welcome to the inaugural Cask Tales Awards! We’ve had quite a busy year, reviewing 61 whiskies from 50 distilleries this year, sampling some of the best (and, perhaps, worst) that…
While slightly different from our last three reviews in that an ‘e’ has intruded into the name of the spirit, this whiskey has in common with its three Scotch predecessors…
I was lucky enough to get a sample of the William Larue Weller for my birthday. For two months it has gone un-sampled, as I waited for the exquisite agony…
‘Tis the season: as the forests play their golden fanfare before fluttering featly to the ground, Jim Murray publishes his whiskies of the year. Sure enough, Jim Murray’s Whisky Bible…
In August 2007, the United States Senate unanimously declared the following month to be National Bourbon Heritage Month (S. Res. 294, for those paying close attention). Ever since, and very…
Today we make our second trip to Jack Daniel’s distillery, this time in the company of Gentleman Jack, their ‘superpremium’ (in contrast to the ‘premium’ Original) brand. Introduced in 1988,…
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