Pendleton 10 Years Old
Blended - U.S.A. - 40.00% 7 Very drinkable, but does it have sufficient complexity to retain the drinker's interest?

Booker's 6 to 8 Years Old
Bourbon - U.S.A. - 62.50% 8 Every time I taste small batch bourbon, this one comes out on top for me.

Booker's 6 Years Old
Bourbon - U.S.A. - 63.25% 8 Wonderfully expansive. Seems to embrace the tastes of the south, all the way from Kentucky to Louisiana.

Bernheim Original Straight Wheat Whiskey
Non Bourbon - U.S.A. - 45.00% 8 At an ‘all you can eat' buffet in Chicago, a woman piling her plate said to me: “isn't this sinful?” This is temptation in a bottle.

Rittenhouse Straight Rye 100 Proof
Non Bourbon - U.S.A. - 50.00% 7 A hundred American proof makes for a powerful whisky, but this is big and bold in flavour, too. I don't remember it being such a sensuous whiskey. A reborn giant? I'll look for it on Rittenhouse Squar...

Rittenhouse Rye 21 Years Old
Rye - U.S.A. - 50.00% 7 Rye is a love or hate thing. I happen to love it. I usually prefer my ryes young, this works.

Sazerac 18 Years Old Straight Rye
Rye - U.S.A. - 45.00% 8 A trifle sophisticated for my tastes, but a very fine rye whiskey.

Old Potrero
Single Malt - U.S.A. - 62.10% 8 Despite the 'Old', a new rye. The idea was to get closer to what the first American ryes might have been. I like the idea. Wins points for all-rye character and assertiveness.

McCarthy's Single Malt
Single Malt - U.S.A. - 40.00% 6 In a young whisky, I would have expected more freshness of flavour, but the elements are there, and the product shows promise.

Jack Daniel's Single Barrel
Tennessee - U.S.A. - 45.00% 8 An interesting interplay of Jack Daniel's house character and a more luxurious oakiness.

George A. Dickel's Tennessee Whisky No. 12
Tennessee - U.S.A. - 45.00% 8 Not as smoky and char-like as I remember. Very enjoyable, but less obviously Tennessean.