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Review: Tamdhu 18 Years Old

By Drew Beard | October 3, 2024

We continue our march across the ever-growing Tamdhu lineup with Tamdhu 18 Years Old, yet another milestone for this once-shuttered Speyside distillery. Dormant from 2010 to 2013, Tamdhu is now humming under current owners Ian Macleod Distillers who have expanded production since taking over in 2011. The 10-year-old, drawn initially from old Edrington stocks and…

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Review: Virginia Distillery Blue Ridge Select American Single Malt

By Jacob Kiper | October 2, 2024

Virginia Distillery has been putting out excellent American single malt for several years and just released a new addition to its core product lineup: Blue Ridge Select. The new release boasts a total maturation exceeding 6 years. Virginia Distillery utilizes two-row spring barley for brewer’s pale malt. The malt is fermented for a minimum of…

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Review: Old Louisville Bourbon 11 Years Old

By Jacob Kiper | October 2, 2024

Old Louisville Whiskey Company is a tiny non-distilling producer operated by Amine and Beth Karaoud. Over the past few years, the Karaouds have developed a reputation for bottling quality whiskey distilled in Lawrenceburg, Indiana by you-know-who. Everything bottled by Old Louisville has matured for at least 7 years. The brand offers batched and single barrel…

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Review: Gold Spot Irish Whiskey Generations Edition 13 Years Old

By Drew Beard | October 2, 2024

The Spot Whiskeys introduced a new hue, Gold Spot, back in 2022 in celebration of the 135th anniversary of the Mitchell family’s entrée into the whiskey bonding trade. At the time, it wasn’t clear if that was a line extension for the Irish whiskey heavyweights or just a one-off, but now we know. The Spots…

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Review: Dow’s Tawny Port 10 Years Old and 20 Years Old (2024)

By Christopher Null | October 1, 2024

We regularly take a fresh peek at Dow’s Tawny Port collection, with regular reviews dating back to 2019. Recently Graham’s updated its packaging with a more traditional bottle design, while dropping the cardboard canister. Like most nonvintage Port, consistency is the name of the game, though we were more impressed with these wines now than…

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Review: Bhakta Indian Single Malt 2012

By David Tao | October 1, 2024

Vermont-based Bhakta Spirits rose to prominence via highly aged brandy, particularly Armagnacs dating back to 1868. The brand more recently dipped its toe into rum and whiskey, with both finished bourbons and American ryes hitting the market over the past two years. It was only a matter of time before Raj Bhakta’s latest venture looked…

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Review: Cedar Ridge The QuintEssential Special Release – The Untitled Cigar Malt Project

By Christopher Null | September 30, 2024

Iowa’s Cedar Ridge Distillery has hit with its third limited-edition single malt: The QuintEssential: The Untitled Cigar Malt Project. And it’s a complicated one, with five different cask types involved (as near as we can understand the details in the press release): According to master blender Murphy Quint, “The vision for this release was a…

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Meet the Guy That Picks Hundreds of Single Barrels for One U.S. State

By David Tao | September 30, 2024

“Here, try this.” Mark Roy hands me a Túath glass, filled with about an ounce of spirit pulled straight from a nearby barrel. It’s a 17 year-old single grain Irish whiskey, perhaps one of two dozen casks we’ve sampled so far that day. And there are plenty more to come. We’re at one of Clonakilty…

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