Three expressions of the new American craft distiller Westland are available in my country today: Westland American Oak, Westland Sherry Wood & Westland Peated. So, let me put them in a neat little row…

Widow Jane is produced by Cacao Prieto, a craft distillery in the heart of Brooklyn, which – as the name already suggest – started life as a producer of cocoa, chocolat and all kinds of derived liqueurs…

In the heart of Broorklyn, just a bridge away from Manhattan, you can find the New York Distilling Company, where no less than 5 different spirits are produced: Dorothy Parker American Gin, Perry's Tot…

The Eagle Rare is a brand – on the market since 1975 already – from Buffalo Trace in Kentucky. They use Mashbill #1, which means there is less rye in the mix. The bourbon is bottled at 90 Proof, which…

When I tried the Kentucky Vintage for the first time (about a year ago), I felt it was very ordinary. I disrespectfully even called it Willett’s bottom shelf product. After all, it is dirt cheap and in…

According to my sources, Woodford Reserve is triple distilled in copper pot stills. The mash bill contains 10% malted barley, 18% rye 72% corn. The distillery, which can be found in Versailles (Kentucky…

Earlier batches of Buffalo Trace were bottled at 90 Proof, being 45% ABV, but today this Kentucky Straight Bourbon is available at 80 Proof, being 40%. It is the flagship of the Buffalo Trace Distillery…

Old Grand-Dad is a bourbon that has been on the market since 1882 and moreover is dirt cheap. The brand was founded by Raymond B Hayden and he named it after is grand-dad Basil Hayden, another famous…

Distilled at the Linkwood Distillery on 7 April 2001, this Linkwood was bottled on 24 Oktober 2014, making it 13 years old. A.D. Rattray bottled it at cask strength. The bourbon hogshead yielded 318…

Our Flemish whisky collectif selected a very young Linkwood indeed. It was distilled on 14th May 2008 and bottled on 15th May 2017. So the cask had just celebrated its 8th birthday. It matured on a…