Welcome to , 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 .
is clearly a dominant force in American —the company’s Distillery produces some of the most highly allocated and collectible whiskeys like , the , and . The company’s footprint overseas, however, is smaller—it imports single malt whisky from scotch distillery , and it owns a few Canadian brands, Indian single malt , and Paddy’s . That last category is getting a boost with the addition of the Hawk’s Rock Distillery to the company’s portfolio, and the inaugural release is a 20-year-old single malt called Garavogue that is worth seeking out.
Hawk’s Rock was formerly known as Lough Gill, a distillery in Co