Our Reviewers

Her Whiskey Reviews is dedicated to providing review content that goes beyond a rating and tasting notes. Would you gift this to your bourbon best friend? Would you mix this in a cocktail for a special occasion? Would you pair this with a special bite? Is this a typical pour or something new and special that’s different for a great reason.

Everyone’s palate is unique, your reviewers should be, too.

We want to share reviews from women, female-identifying and queer folks to show whiskey palates are different, but we’re all in the same community, fascinated by whiskey together.

Sailor Guevara

Sailor Guevara is an acclaimed spirits specialist, journalist, brand consultant, and hospitality veteran, as well as the founder of the women-owned Sirens Spirits Group. Over the course of her distinguished career, Sailor has received numerous honors, including the 2020 World Icon of Whiskey Award, and was recognized as a top influencer by the American Distilling Institute in 2024. Driven by an insatiable curiosity and passion for learning, Sailor has traveled the globe to immerse herself in diverse food and drink cultures. Follow her on Instagram and LinkedIn.

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Maggie Kimberl

About Maggie

Maggie Kimberl is a Kentucky Colonel and a ninth-generation Louisvillian. She’s the Content Editor of American Whiskey Magazine and the Chair of the World Whiskies Awards. As a freelance spirits journalist, she focuses on whiskey culture in the United States, though she considers herself to be ‘geographically blessed’ to live in the epicenter of the bourbon world, Louisville, Kentucky. When she’s not covering the bourbon beat you can find her browsing through vintage vinyl with her kids or tending to her homegrown tomatoes. Follow her on LinkedIn, Instagram @LouGirl502, and Facebook @LouGirl502, and check out her blog at LouGirl502.com.

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Heather Wibbels

About Heather

Heather Wibbels is an award-winning mixologist, whiskey educator, and Executive Bourbon Steward based in Louisville. She’s judged at ASCOT, ADI, and ACSA-sponsored competitions, and her book Bourbon Is My Comfort Food was featured in Forbes. Her writing and cocktail creations have appeared in Bourbon+, American Whiskey Magazine, The Bourbon Review, Drinkhacker, Insider, and The Manual, Kentucky Monthly, and she’s a regular columnist for Food & Dining. A former Board Chair of Bourbon Women, she’s on a mission to help people trust their taste—one sip at a time. You can see her cocktail work at cocktailcontessa.com, find her on IG at @cocktail_contessa or LinkedIn. Her newest project about whiskey education is just getting started at bourbonfluent.com and on social channels at @bourbonfluent.