American Whiskey reviews

First of all, the colour of the bottling is really red - it's almost disturbing. It to me seems beyond caramel colouring and into wine or port cask finishes, which don't seem to underlie the flavour in…

I had never heard of Balcones Distilling until they won the WWA 2014 award for best American Whiskey. While I'm not a big fan of awards this time around I'm grateful to them for bringing this Texan…

It's been a while since I put a good old fashioned bourbon on the tasting block. Five months to be exact. No real reason other than getting swept up in my single malt purchases and ignoring this spirit…

Rittenhouse Straight Rye 100 Proof, Bottled in Bond, it said in the bottle. And "How sweet it is to be loved by you", it almost made me sing.Rittenhouse 100 Proof BIB is like the 1968 movie How Sweet It…

Bourbon producer Jim Beam launched The Devil's Cut in 2012. Just like the angels, the devils arrogates himself a few glasses of the spirit that has been lounging around for some years. The angels claim…

I have been tasting some Balcones back to back and this has the best nose yet. Rich, full, sweet, vanilla, oak, liquorice. Citrus notes.Palate: Smooth, pepper bite, syrup, dusty, oak, vanilla, warming…