Wine Enthusiast 92 points – Look for a honey hue and super-fresh, bright orchard fruit aromas. The drying palate shows oak and vanilla, plus darker hints of espresso and clove. The finish is lifted by a pleasing hint of lemon cream pie. Sip or mix..Decemb | Making pure, single malt to this degree of perfection demands the highest level of expertise, professionalism and finesse – but still relies on the nose and palate of the Master Distiller.

Next the liquid is cooled down and yeast is added and fer | Water/Malted Barley/Yeast; 40.00% | Colour: Light, Golden Nose: Perfectly balanced fruity aroma with delicate floral fragrance and vanilla/honey sweetness Taste: Classically Speyside, a soft smooth balance of sweet summer fruits and the floral fragrance of spring flowers. Finish: L

Wine Enthusiast 93 points – Lush and rich, this honeyed whisky is loaded with dense notes of creamy custard and tropical fruit, finishing with a flourish of baking spice. – Best Buy.Kara Newman, December/2013
Ultimate Beverage Challenge 93 points – Bright | NOSEDistinctively fresh and fruity with a hint of pear. Beautifully crafted single malt with a delicately balanced fragrance.TASTECharacteristic sweet, fruity notes. Develops into elements of butterscotch, cream, malt and subtle oak flavour.FINISHLon

Wine Enthusiast 90 points – Cedar, honey and vanilla arise on the nose of this Tennessee whiskey. The palate opens with oak, followed by an herbaceous sarsaparilla lilt and a long vanilla fade. Adding water coaxes out cedar, maple and a zap of lemon peel-like acidity. Made with a blend of older whiskies..July/2019Ultimate Beverage Challenge 90 points – A melange of brown sugar, apricot, cherry pit, and mesquite smoke rise from the glass. The palate is bold at first, with powerful spice giving way to sultry stone fruit and sweet smoke before finishing with hints of maple and citrus.-2019 Ultimate Spirits Challenge (Excellent, Highly Recommended) (Great Value).April/2019 | 45% alcohol |

| This crisp, semi-dry CHARDONNAY exhibits hints of vanilla oak with a medium body and clean finish.

Wine Enthusiast 88 points – Keeps the Cordon Negro reputation healthy by delivering easygoing lemon-lime aromas and round citrus and apple flavors. As correct as one can ask for, this large-production cava features pure-fruit character and a perfectly goo | Cordon Negro Brut is crisp, clean, and well balanced. It is medium-bodied with a palate of apple, pear and bright citrus flavors with a moderately long finish and a crisp touch of ginger. This wine is extremely versatile and pairs well with most food.

Ultimate Beverage Challenge 91 points – Pleasing aromas of candied pecans, baked apples, milk chocolate, and honey permeate the nose of this bourbon. Nothing is held back on the palate, with bold flavors of caramel, maraschino cherries, vanilla, grated nutmeg, and cinnamon. Bold and beautiful. – 2018 Ultimate Spirits Challenge (Tried and True Award).April/2018Whisky Advocate 95 points – From first sniff, it’s clear this is mature and stately stuff. It’s quite oak-driven, but rather than purely primary wood, it smells of fine leather, cedar chest, polished handrails, and barrel warehouse. Beneath the woody splendor lurks a core of rich black cherry fruit, which permeates the full-bodied palate, oozing with dark berry fruit that slowly succumbs to butterscotch, espresso, chocolate-covered cherries, and drying tannins. A masterful work of balance and lush flavors..January/2019 | Nose: Spicy, rich, mellow, fruity, hints of sweet oak & caramel.Palate: Creamy, mellow, ripened red berries, rich, spicy, well-balanced, moderately sweet.Finish: Soft, smooth & pleasantly long.

Wine & Spirits 90 points – A finely blended Port, this has a bristle of tannins up front, melding their chocolate richness with dried fruit flavors, ending clean and sweet. The wine’s lasting spice places it with a savory pumpkin pie..December/2017
Ultima | This sweet wine shows fresh, rich blackberry and cassis aromas. On the palate, it has a well-knit structure, with a velvety, luscious mouthfeel and smooth tannins.

Ultimate Beverage Challenge 85 points – With a nose that calls to the drinker like a freshly brewed pot of black tea, this vodka is comforting throughout. Refreshing flavors of homemade sweet tea dominate the palate with each sip, smacked with enough swee |

Whisky Advocate 89 points – Peated Glenturret lies at the heart of Smoky Black, but where will the master blender find her smoke when the distillery is sold? Contemporary bottlings are rich, warming, and comfortingly smoky, with chocolate, malt, cocoa, burnt fruitcake, and baking spices. Medium-weighted blend with malt, chocolate, and bourbon biscuits, interwoven with smoke, then cherry, baked apple strudel, and chocolate desserts. Dry smoke, ginger, pepper, and dark chocolate to finish.Reviewed by: Jonny McCormick (Fall 2018).October/2018 | AppearanceDarkRusset goldenClear and brightAromaSmokySoft and MuskyRich and fullTasteFull flavourSpice and dried fruitsSmoke through the oakFinishLongSmokyAromatic

Ultimate Beverage Challenge 89 points – Dark gold hue. The nose is generous with notes of baked bread, dried fruits and cracked white pepper. The palate offers flavors of brioche, with a hint of marmalade. An easy drinking Scotch..April/2016Whisky Advocate 89 points – Matthew Gloag introduced this classic blend in 1896, and now Kirsteen Campbell, master blender of Grouse since 2016, is taking it to new heights. Rich toffee, boundless baked orange notes, wood spices, dried banana chips, and some sweet floral top notes. Very smooth drinking, with citrus flavors, toffee and caramel, vanilla, ground ginger, star anise, and lemon peel. The spiciness abounds into the finish with well-rounded dark orange notes.Reviewed by: Jonny McCormick (Fall 2018).October/2018 | AppearanceFullGoldenClear and brightAromaWell balanced oakSherry with a hint of citrus TasteMedium full flavourMatureSpeyside frutinessFinishGood lengthCleanMedium dry

Wine Enthusiast 88 points – One of the first beers to achieve a cult-like status in the American craft-beer scene, Fat Tire is a well-made and well-balanced brew, without doubt, offering a rich malt core that’s accented by notes of toasted biscuit, peanut | ABV – 5.2%IBU – 18.5Calories – 160Hops – Willamette, Goldings, TargetMalts – Pale, C-80, Munich, VictoryOG – 12.6TG – 2.2 | VISUALClear, amber and bright with white lacingAROMASweet biscuity and caramel malts, subtle notes of fresh fennel and green appleFLAVORToasty malt, gentle sweetness, flash of fresh hop bitterness. The malt and hops are perfectly balanced.MOUTHFEEL

Ultimate Beverage Challenge 89 points – Aromas of vidalia onions, lemon zest, and coriander all waft from the glass. It opens on the tongue with tangy citrus zest, followed by distinct green chili spice, tomato skin, and finally cooling cucumber flavors. A full meal of flavors in each sip.- 2019 Ultimate Spirits Challenge (Very Good, Strong Recommendation).April/2019 |