George Dickel

​Tasting notes: On the nose my first thought is, “Nope, there’s no pumpernickel here.”  Instead, there’s a honey-lacquered corncob pipe filled with oak [...]

Tasting notes: We’ve noted some pumpernickel overtones in the Dickel lineup. But it is not present here. Or perhaps it’s safer to say that there’s a bolder nose that [...]

Tasting notes: Occasionally we begin our reviews with a mention of the color of the whiskey, or the legs it produces in the glass.  But this review begins with mention of a [...]

Tasting notes: The George Dickel No. 8 opens with a lovely grainy nose of rye—just not the kind of rye the you might expect. It was redolent with pumpernickel, like I was [...]

As a rule, we don’t review unaged whiskies or white dogs. And we’re not breaking that rule here. But in the wake of our interview with George Dickel’s [...]