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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Yarr! If you’re looking for treasure, be advised that Pyrat defintely does not way, hey, blow the man down.
Overall Rating: ★☆☆
A review perhaps too long in coming. This American homage to a Japanese whisky is a must-try flavor bomb.
Overall Rating: ★★★
Cat's out of the bag, reader: you might have noticed that this is a “review” site. And in the context of a “review” site, talking about a bottle like Whaler's is thorny.
Overall Rating: ★★☆
I’d argue it’s a great whisky, but Springbank 12 is a study in how great whiskies can sometimes be challenging or outright baffling if you don’t know what you’re getting into. I hope you decide to take the plunge!
Overall Rating: ★★★
It’s sophisticated, it’s doing something new, and it’s Japanese. But at easily twice the price of a “premium” gin, it doesn’t rise to the high standards it sets for itself.
Overall Rating: ★☆☆
I’ve had better, but I’ve certainly had worse. Compelling if you can find it cheap!
Overall Rating: ★☆☆
Is it downright awful? No. That said, it's hard to reward what I feel is the taste of resting on centuries-old laurels.
Overall Rating: ⃠
As of yet my favorite mezcal, flat-out. If you've thought of anything in the spirit category as a perpetual tire fire in liquid form, this might be the bottle to make you reconsider.
Overall Rating: ★★★