Review: Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection 1838 Style White Corn

Woodford Reserve has released a different Master’s Collection expression every year since 2005, with the first being a Four Grain Bourbon. This year’s release pays homage to Oscar Pepper and Dr. James Crow by using white corn, obviously, instead of yellow. Due to the tools available back in the times of Pepper and Crow, converting the grain starches to […]

Barrels and Mash Field Trip: Iron Monk

Jerod Millirons and Dave Monks met while teaching biology at Northern Oklahoma College. Jerod has a bachelor’s degree in biology plus a masters in business. Dave has a Ph. D. in microbiology and plant physiology. During his education Dave studied both yeast and fermentation and brewed his first beer way back in 1992 (super weird […]

Review: Jefferson’s Reserve Groth Reserve Cask Finish

One of the first “nicer” bottles of wine that my wife and I shared after we got out of school and actually had some actual disposable income was a 2004 Groth Cabernet Sauvignon. I had high hopes for this Groth Cask Finished bourbon because of that and I was not disappointed. This bottle is batch #3, […]

Review: Blanton’s Single Barrel

Blanton’s was one of the first bourbons I really wanted but had a hard time finding. It just so happened that the time that I began wanting it was when it became hard to find. Luckily for everyone Blanton’s has become easier to find again since Buffalo Trace increased production more than ten years ago. […]

Review: Eagle Rare 10 year Single Barrel

This has been one of my go to bourbons for a long time. It so happens that this was one of the first whiskeys I tasted as I was starting to enjoy bourbons. A buddy of mine and I both purchased different bottles to take to a party. He purchased this and I ended up […]

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Review: Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection 1838 Style White Corn

Barrels and Mash Field Trip: Iron Monk

Review: Jefferson’s Reserve Groth Reserve Cask Finish

Review: Blanton’s Single Barrel

Review: Eagle Rare 10 year Single Barrel