Review: World Whiskey Society Doc Holliday Bourbon 7 Years Old and 10 Years Old
World Whiskey Society’s Doc Holliday bourbon is hard to miss on the shelf, featuring a brass steer skull attached to the front label and a stopper embossed with six faux bullets embedded into the top, mimicking a revolver cylinder. The original Doc Holliday was 6 year old MGP stock, made from a standard mash of…
Review: Barrell Bourbon Batch 36
If it seems like it’s been a while since we reviewed a Barrell Bourbon batch release, that’s because it has. Our last look at the line, Batch 35, was over a year ago. Presumably, that means these batches will be annual affairs going forward. But it’s not like Barrell has slowed down in the meantime,…
Review: Clonakilty Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
Exciting things are happening at Clonakilty in County Cork, Ireland, and I recently had a chance to learn about them when I sat down again with Padraic Coll, co-founder of the Clonakilty Distillery, as well as Master Distiller Oisin Mulcahy. Meeting at the Hugh O’Neill’s Pub in Malden, Massachusetts, they informed me that Clonakilty has…
Review: Case 1 Rum Whiskey Cask Finished
Baltimore’s Old Line Spirits is known for sourcing quality American single malt from Middle West Spirits in Columbus, OH as they wait for their house spirits to come of age. Old Line recently expanded their portfolio to include rum under its new Case 1 branding. Staying true to their founding spirit, Case 1 offers a…
Review: Maker’s Mark Cellar Aged 2024
Maker’s Mark’s 2023 Cellar Aged release was a huge hit, and the company knew it would be. That’s why they slapped a date on the front of the bottle, to assure us that round 2 would be coming soon enough. That time is here, as Maker’s Mark Cellar Aged 2024 has finally arrived. And spoiler:…
Review: The Perfect Fifth Canongate American Whiskey 14 Years Old
The Perfect Fifth is a relatively new independent bottler on the scene, working with both American and Scotch whiskies. With Canongate, it’s doing double duty, taking a whiskey distilled by Heaven Hill in Bardstown in 2009, aged in the U.S. for three years, then shipped off to Scotland for another 11 years of aging. There’s…
Review: Waterford Distillery Cuvee Koffi
Waterford first established its reputation producing whiskeys made with barley drawn from individual farms in Ireland, creating a brand new whiskey category: “Single Farm Origin.” Then, in 2020, they produced their first blend, Organic Gaia 1.1, and in 2022 The Cuvée. Today we try their newest blend, which their website notes is “the apogee of…
Review: Sentinel of the Desert Rye
Tuscon’s Whiskey del Bac has made a name for itself with its “mesquited not peated” American single malt. The Arizona distillery uses mesquite wood as the fuel source to smoke their barley rather than the traditional peat, creating a unique character for Whiskey del Bac that stands out from other single malts. However, in 2022,…
