American Whiskey reviews

This 1792 Small Batch has come a long way. It started life as Ridgewood Reserve, but because of a lawsuit lost against Woodford Reserve in 2002, it was rechristened 1792 Ridgemont Reserve. Today it is…

Yellowstone is an odd one out. Named after the national park, this is actually a blend of different Kentucky Straight Bourbon whiskies, bottled in Lebanon (Kentucky, obviously) by the Limestone Branch…

Although Larceny has its own website citing the Old Fitzgerald Distillery, this bourbon is in fact produced at Heaven Hill. It matured for about 6 years and is named after John E. Fitzgerald, an infamous…

At Westland, in the American state of Washington, they also make peated malt whiskey. The nose starts rather closed, to be honest. Not a lot of peat, as far as I am concerned. Not that I was expecting…

It is a little known fact that Westland, a craft distillery in Washington state, uses a Belgian yeast for its single malt whiskey. This specific expression matured partly on sherry casks – both oloroso…

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…