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…
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…
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…
Exciting news from Compass Box, who have released the second whisky in their Great King Street range – the New York Blend. A limited-edition release to coincide with the 2012 New…
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…
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,…
The 23-year-old Evan Williams comes from the Heaven Hill distillery, whose Master Distillers have always been members of the Beam family (the first, Joseph, was Jim’s cousin). Its impeccable pedigree…
Noah’s Mill is a whiskey of real heft. It’s bottled at 57.15% ABV (114.3 proof), but its strength doesn’t mask its character. Its fifteen years in American white oak have…
Much like Josh recently, I’ve hopped across the Atlantic with this review and can now imagine myself in deepest Tennessee on a warm, quiet spring evening with a Jack Daniel’s…
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