First off, this isn’t the easiest bourbon in the world to figure out. We know that James E. Pepper was a real dude that used to make bourbon in the 1800s and we know the distillery he used is now the Woodford Reserve distillery. The brand made it to this side of prohibition, but was […]
Read more "Review: James E. Pepper 1776"A buddy of mine had been after me for a while to let him try the bottle of E.H. Taylor Cured Oak I was lucky enough to get, so when our schedules finally aligned and we decided to make a tasting event of the whole thing (because why drink one bourbon when you can drink five). […]
Read more "Review: Orphan Barrel Forged Oak"I.W. Harper Bourbon has been around for a long time. It was founded in the 1879 by Isaac Wolfe and Bernard Bernheim and has pretty much been around ever since. For some reason (I guess to have a less German-sounding name) they decided to go with Harper instead of Bernheim when naming it and I.W. Harper […]
Read more "Review: I.W. Harper 15 Year"Late last year Brown-Foreman announced they will be building a $30 million distillery on Whiskey Row in downtown Louisville. Not far behind was the announcement of the “Old Forester Whiskey Row Series”, a new line of Old Forester releases consisting of four expressions. This is the first. Let’s hear what they have to say about it. […]
Read more "Review: Old Forester 1870"I’ve had a fair amount of Maker’s Mark in my day. Any time I’m at my Dad’s house, there is always a 1.75 liter bottle above the fridge. It’s the only bourbon he drinks, and if I’m there, it’s what I’m drinking too. I’ve tried to get him to branch out a bit by gifting […]
Read more "Review: Maker’s Mark Cask Strength"35 Maple Street is a company based out of Sonoma, California that produces the Masterson’s line of Rye, Wheat, and Barley Canadian whiskeys. Bib & Tucker is the company’s first step into the bourbon business, and it’s a very interesting one. In an interview with WhiskyCast’s Mark Gillespie, 35 Maple Street’s COO Richard Zeller stated the juice being purchased […]
Read more "Review: Bib & Tucker"Before we get too far into how this stuff tastes, I would like to briefly ramble about something else given that this is the first bourbon reviewed on this site from a Non-Distiller Producer. One thing you learn when you start getting into bourbon is that everything on that shelf of your local liquor store was […]
Read more "Review: Noah’s Mill"I had spotted this bottle in the last week or so in a few stores, and the stuff seemed to be going quick so I snagged one for two reasons: 1) I recently had a glass of Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel at a local bar and thought it was fantastic. 2) I’ve been on a […]
Read more "Review: Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Oklahoma Selection"Ladies and gentlemen, this is a special one. Before we get started, let’s let Buffalo Trace tell us a bit about whats different about this bourbon. The barrel staves used for this special release were allowed to dry outside in the open air for 13 months, more than twice as long as standard barrel staves. Most white […]
Read more "Review: Colonel E. H. Taylor Cured Oak"Update 12-09-2015 We just posted our review of this here. Enjoy! Update 10-27-2015 The official Master’s Collection page doesn’t tell us much detail about this release, but only acknowledges that the mash bill contains white corn instead of yellow corn, which should result in “a sharper whiskey that’s lighter in body with a softer, sweeter, fruit-forward […]
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