Starward is doing great things, but don’t start here. If this is a celebration, it’s more whimper than bang.
Overall Rating: ★☆☆
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World Whiskies
A little late for St. Patrick’s Day, but any time of year is a great time for this underappreciated Irish Whiskey.
Overall Rating: ★★★
If you’re known by the company you keep, OH BOY do I have a story for you.
Overall Rating: ★☆☆
Yes, it’s everywhere. Yes, Canadian Whisky is a maligned category. And yet, even the experienced whisky lover might be surprised by how Crown Royal avails itself.
Overall Rating: ★★☆
You know what? It's been a while since we talked about something I think is fun. And Abasolo does “Fun” in spades.
Overall Rating: ★★☆
The Connemara 12 is just about one of the only peated Irish whiskeys available on the market. If you want to know why there aren’t more, you could blow $55 and take a sip of this stuff.
Overall Rating: ∅
Not the most expensive Irish, nor the fanciest, but it’s permanently on my mind when it comes to gifting for several good reasons.
Overall Rating: ★★★
Not only does this stuff flat-out suck, it absolutely strains the limits of credulity to call itself Japanese whisky for reasons I can’t wait to let you in on.
Overall Rating: ⃠
A little pricier than it once was, but it’s still one of the best options a person can consider when it comes to an unquestionably “good” Irish whiskey.
Overall Rating: ★★☆
Great name. I mean, a truly great name. The whiskey itself? …Eh.
Overall Rating: ★☆☆
Ugh. Sometimes you think you have enough information to figure a product out, and then the rug gets pulled out from under you.
Overall Rating: ⃠
Collingwood isn't the worst Canadian whisky I've tried, but it's a good enough primer on why people shit on the category.
Overall Rating: ⃠
An underachieving whiskey for sure. If you're wondering if the alternative to Bushmills and Jameson is any good, it really isn't.
Overall Rating: ⃠
Don't let the (low) price scare you off. This isn't discount-grade Japanese whisky, but a graceful and well-crafted product. Not just for highballs!
Overall Rating: ★★☆
They could have called it anything else, literally anything, and been better for it. The whiskey itself is surprisingly not bad, and a huge step up from Bushmills' white label.
Overall Rating: ★★☆
There's a lot that's very strange about this one from start to finish, although sometimes a little strangeness is just what the doctor ordered. Here the doctor is Indian and the strangeness is peanut.
Overall Rating: ★★☆
As everyone goes gonzo for Japanese whisky, the market adjusts to provide supply to match demand. Yes: this is Japanese, and it is whisky, but it might not be what you expect.
Overall Rating: ★☆☆
Sometimes it's important not to let a distillery's mass-market offering color your opinion of their entire range. I really don't like the standard Jameson much, but I quite enjoyed this.
Overall Rating: ★★☆
Laughed at Canadian whisky, did you? Thought the category could aspire to no better than Black Velvet? Well, buy this, and drink this. Never has it been so wonderful to be so utterly wrong.
Overall Rating: ★★★
I hope I'm not going to bore you with a history lesson, but I think it makes for a good story. Or at least a better story than the one Cooley's trying to sell you with this bottle. Overall Rating: ★☆☆