All Whisky reviews

This is cask strength Oloroso Sherry cask matured whisky. This review is of batch # 26. Nose: moderate intensity, sherry wine, some malt, a little smokeTaste: walnuts, chestnuts, and sherry, with smoke…

WOW! I had Glenmorangie Signet last week and if that isn't the HOPE DIAMOND of Scotch whisky --- then I'm a monkey. I couldn't follow it up with anything other than the same, as they would be slightly…

In the whisky anorak’s world, The Spice Tree is perhaps Compass Box’s best known offering—not just for the glowing reviews by Jim Murray and the like, but also for the Scotch Whisky Association’s cont…

Near the end of 2010, I became interested in single malt whisky, after a conversation with a friend. Many delectable tastings later, I decided to do some research on Irish Whiskey. Until that time, I had…

In 2009 Brown-Forman of Louisville, Kentucky made a one-time 2,700 case release of a 13 year old Old Forester Bourbon celebrating the 75th Anniversary of the Repeal of Prohibition in the U.S. The bourbon…

Old Forester is one of the whiskey brands owned by Brown-Forman of Louisville, Kentucky, along with Jack Daniels, Woodford Reserve, and Early Times. Old Forester is probably more commonly sold and drunk…

Bourbon can by US federal law be made anywhere within the USA. A.Smith Bowman ran a family owned bourbon distillery with his sons starting in 1934 in Fairfax County, Virginia, now Reston, a suburb of…

Evan Williams Black Label bourbon is the No. 3 largest selling whiskey in the US., behind Jack Daniels No.7 and Jim Beam White Label. Evan Williams is one of the labels of Heaven Hill Distilleries, along…

Ezra Brooks brand is owned by Luxco Corp. of St. Louis, Missouri. Luxco does not own or operate any distilleries, but has the Ezra Brooks Label whiskeys distilled by Heaven Hill Distilleries in Kentucky…

Sazerac 18 yr old rye whiskey is one of five whiskeys featured in the Sazerac Antiquities Collection, which is released in the fall of each year. This review is of the Fall 2010 release Sazerac 18 yr old…