Jonah Flicker

1 week ago | robbreport.com | Jonah Flicker

Russell’s Reserve, a whiskey brand produced at Kentucky’s Wild Turkey Distillery, is known for its affordable, high-quality range of bourbons and rye whiskeys. The core bourbon expression carries a 10-year-old age statement and can usually be found for around $50 per bottle, an indisputable bargain in a world of whiskey inflation. In 2021, the brand launched a 13-year-old version, and though it was just a few years older it immediately skyrocketed in price on the secondary market.

1 week ago | robbreport.com | Jonah Flicker

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. While older bourbon isn’t always great bourbon, some of the most highly sought after bottles have pretty lengthy age statements—Pappy Van Winkle 15, 20, and 23, for example. Those bourbons are very good, and sometimes great, but the older expressions tend to veer into overly oaky territory.

1 week ago | robbreport.com | Jeremy Repanich |Jonah Flicker |Michael Verdon |Jill Newman

The luxury world tends to focus on products, services, and experiences. But every so often, it’s good to remind ourselves that without hardworking individuals throughout our vast industry, there’d be no spectacular whiskey innovations, stylish home furnishings, irresistible culinary creations, or lavish accomodations. Which is why we devote a few pages of our annual Best of the Best issue to such talented people.

2 weeks ago | robbreport.com | Jonah Flicker

Jose Cuervo is still the biggest name in the ever-expanding world of tequila, but the Beckmann family, which controls the brand, also has a few other tequila brands within its Proximo Spirits portfolio. One of those is Maestro Dobel, a brand that is credited with launching the first cristalino expression in 2008 (for better or worse) called Dobel Diamante.

2 weeks ago | robbreport.com | Jonah Flicker

There has been a lot of troubling news for the spirits industry over the past year–younger people are choosing to drink less, distilleries are implementing production pauses and layoffs, and there are repeated threats of tariffs that could negatively impact American whiskey. Despite all of this, there have been some truly fantastic releases in all spirits categories.