Rye whiskey has become very popular over the past decade thanks to high-quality releases from distilleries like MGP in ...

Welcome to Taste Test, where every week our critic Jonah Flicker explores the most buzzworthy and interesting whiskeys in the world. Check back each Sunday for his latest whiskey review.

Below are brief descriptions and tasting notes on the bourbon and Tennessee whiskeys that have been judged as The World’s Best in their respective categories.

The winners of the WWA World’s Best Single Malt Whisky are an eclectic mix of distillers from Scotland, the US, and Sweden. Below are backgrounds and tasting notes on the single malt category ...

If you’re sampling more than one whisky, you need to give your senses (and palate) a break. Remember to take a respite between tastings and to drink water or eat plain bread or unsalted crackers to ...

Certainly not Master Blender Thomas — one of the lucky few who have had the honor of tasting the dark ... Bushmills Irish Whiskey “This is Bushmills at its best.” Thirsty for a pricey ...

one of its best whiskeys, and tasting it as a single-barrel release shows why. OBSF is a bourbon for rye whiskey lovers. It maintains the sweet earthy notes that defines Four Roses, but there are ...

the GlenAllachie Speyside Single Malt 12 Years Old was named the best in the world for 2025. This unpeated, full-bodied Scotch whisky has a 46% ABV (Alcohol by Volume) and boasts no added colouring or ...

I don’t think so, because the point of a cask finish is not necessarily to make the spirit taste like what was previously in the cask (“The best input I got on the Cask Strength Rye was that sometimes ...

Alcohol can get extremely expensive for top-shelf spirits. If you're on a budget, here's the best Irish whiskey brand, ...