Rated A-
Reviews of spirits, wine, and beer (and various errata like mixers and garnishes) comprise more than 80% of the content at Drinkhacker, and the A- rating is used for very good to exceptional products. On a five-star scale, these products would score 4 stars. On the traditional 100-point scale popular with many wine and spirits graders, these products would merit scores of 90 to 93 points.
Tincup continues to confuse with dueling releases of its American Whiskey and Bourbon lines — both with and without age statements, including releases at 6 and 10 years old. Today we’re looking at an additional link in that collection of whiskeys, Tincup Bourbon at 10 years of age. Like the NAS Tincup bourbon, this is…
How do you tame a monstrous rum like South Africa’s Mhoba, an ester-laden powerhouse that can overwhelm with the tiniest of sips? Easy: Drop some pineapple into it. Sihhenge (roughly pronounced see-heng-eh) features a simple formula of rum made from fresh cane juice (fermented with wild yeast and pot distilled) which is infused with juice…
Japan’s Fuji, well known for its single grain whisky collection, has made a rather natural expansion of late, moving into malted barley — a style for which Japan (and Scotland, of course) is much better known. The 100% Japanese malt whiskey is produced at Gotemba Distillery where it is distilled using a variety of still…
Yellowstone‘s new Recollection Series Bourbon was inspired not by a recipe or a person, but by a bottle. This striking decanter is a recreation of one that Yellowstone head honcho Steve Beam discovered on eBay. These incredibly lovely bottle designs were used in pre-Prohibition days back in the time when saloons would purchase whiskey by…
In 2024, Jim Beam’s Baker’s Bourbon brand launched a spin-off of its classic 7 year old bottling, called Baker’s Single Barrel High Rye Bourbon 7 Years Old made with twice the amount of rye in the mash (26% vs. 13%). It’s now a roughly annual affair — and still a single barrel release. Oddly, this…
Castle & Key has been cranking out all manner of spirits for years, but it’s only in the last few that its bourbon program has really ramped up. Recently the company sent us two samples of its Small Batch offering, which has been evolving since its launch in 2022. What we’re tasting today is the…
Barrell Bourbon is back on our radar with the latest Cask Finish Series. As a reminder, this is a limited-edition line of specialty finished bourbons that has included some pretty adventurous offerings like Ice Wine. We named that whiskey the best of 2024 and, to our knowledge, something like it has yet to be replicated…
Duckhorn. Decoy. Migration. Paraduxx. Canvasback. Calera. Chances are, if your wine preferences migrate toward west coast of the United States, you’ve crossed paths with one or more from this well-known flock of award-winning wines. Now there’s Featherweight, a low-calorie, low-alcohol entry into the Decoy family, looking to keep taste afloat. Christopher reviewed a few Decoys…
Launched in 2019, Hera the Dog Vodka is made with 100% organic non-GMO Italian wheat, distilled 7 times, and filtered through coconut charcoal. It is distilled in Nashville, Tennessee and includes no sugar, no preservatives, and no additives. But I’m smitten by the vodka’s name, Hera the Dog, and the cute pup that appears on…
Wolfcraig is a new blended Scotch whisky brand with an unusual backer: González Byass USA, best known for producing and distributing Spanish sherry and brandy expressions. While Byass owns Nomad, this is the operation’s first foray into ultra-premium whisky, and it’s doing so in style, with Richard Paterson (of The Dalmore fame) and Ian Macmillan (of…