93 Wine Enthusiast

Overall, this is a clean and neutral vodka that’s smooth and nicely balanced. It’s muscular enough for chilled martinis, but is laced with subtle, delicate notes of candied lemon peel and coriander. Distilled from grain and “filtered through ancient arctic lava rocks.”

99 Tastings.com (Beverage Testing Institute)

Light golden amber color. Aromas and flavors of apricot preserves, pickled raspberry and tart red cherry, plum sauce, and crispy duck skin in orange sauce with a round, tangy, dry medium-to-full body and a warming, very complex, very long finish with notes of maitake mushroom in an apricot bramble berry reduction, sesame and plum sauce crispy salmon crack, mincemeat pie and pralines, and artisan cola. Savory, almost meaty and then layered with red berries, citrus, and flaky pastries with tropical fruit confections; this one goes deep into the vault and delivers a king’s fortune of flavor and gratification.

93 The Whisky Advocate

Solera vat blended after aging in a combination of sherry, bourbon, and new oak casks. Very sherried on the nose at first, with candle wax, old barrel char, and baked berries. The palate is notably smooth and flavorful, the bourbon cask notes chime in with vanilla and baking spice, and the new oak gives subtle spine and grip. Light in ABV, but that only adds to its delicate charms.

92 Tastings.com (Beverage Testing Institute)

Hazy chartreuse yellow color. Fresh lemon zest and honey aromas with a silky fruity sweet medium-to-full body and a lemon pepper, raw sugar, lemon talc, and lemon pith finish. Great vibrancy and purity of lemon flavor. (tasted on Sep-08-2012)

93 The Whisky Advocate

This veteran rye never managed to ascend from the bottom shelf. Perhaps a new generation of enthusiasts couldn’t get behind the staid name, or found the price too low to believe. But having persevered for over two centuries, Old Overholt’s time has come. This new version (indicated by its red cap) eliminates chill-filtering, resulting in greater flavor and depth. Aromas of Christmas spice cake, cinnamon, apple, and toasted grain lead to a mouthful of berry fruit, with seductive allspice, cacao, and walnut notes. What’s old is new again! Number 12 in the 2020 Top 20

94 Tastings.com (Beverage Testing Institute)

Light gold color. Aromas and flavors of green apple and honey, unmalted barley and dry hay, lime zest, ginger and nerds candies, and citrus and juniper with a round, crisp, dry medium body and a tingling, complex, medium-length finish that presents nuances of peach, apricot and berries, cantaloupe, cardamon, and toasted walnut. A gorgeous, luscious fruit-forward Whiskey with an all day long texture and mouth-coating flavors that linger on the palate.

91 The Whisky Advocate

Luxuriantly juicy, baked apple, ripe green fruits, spiced sultanas, butterscotch, light vanilla, nutmeg.