We are smack dab in the middle of the summer heat right now, but fall is coming, and as it approaches so do many of the special releases from the big distilleries. TTB labels are starting to hit, and the label for this year’s Master’s Collection expression from Woodford Reserve was just approved. It looks like it’ll […]
Read more "2016 Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection: Brandy Cask Finish"Sometimes, your husband surprises you with Bourbon, and you realize, you are one lucky gal. Other ladies like jewelry, I like Bourbon. (Come on, I actually do like jewelry, and flowers, and Bourbon, but leave the candy.) I digress, so back to the Bourbon…and the reason you all are here… This is the oldest Bourbon […]
Read more "Review: Knob Creek 2001 Limited Edition Small Batch"Oklahoma City is a freaking crazy place right now. We’ve got bridges falling down, we can’t afford to pay school teachers, but hot damn we are getting some fun new places to eat and drink. Every month it seems like we’ve got a new, super hip restaurant opening up which is great because eating things is […]
Read more "There’s a bangin’ new Bourbon bar in OKC"This was the very first Bourbon that changed my opinion and taste buds and got me started with the Bourbon bug. After American Honey, you know. ? I actually haven’t had Basil Hayden’s since becoming obsessed with Bourbon, so it’s about time I went back to my roots. Let’s see how this goes… Basil Hayden […]
Read more "Review: Basil Hayden’s"Today is the anniversary of the first post here on Barrels and Mash, so I thought it would be nice to celebrate it by revisiting the history of why our little project here got started. Given that I love to ramble, this probably won’t be a short and sweet version of it either, so grab a nice […]
Read more "For the Love of Booze: The History of Barrels and Mash"A year ago today on May 22nd, 2015, I walked into my back yard with my brand new bottle of Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Release #8 and my digital camera and took the pictures for the very first review here on Barrels and Mash. Now here we are, exactly one year later, and as I […]
Read more "Review: Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Release #11"We’ve had this bottle unopened for awhile just hanging out waiting to be reviewed. Finally, I said to Kris, I’ll do it! So, here we are. This is OK Barrel #1, location Warehouse L. Company: Brown-Foreman Distillery: Brown-Foreman Location: Shively, KY Mash bill: 72% corn/18% rye/10% barely Age: NAS ABV: 45% (90 proof) Released: Limited. […]
Read more "Review: Old Forester Single Barrel Oklahoma Edition"Before we get into what this whiskey is, let’s go ahead and start with the packaging on this bad boy. This stuff arrived in a cool box with slidey things and a door, and when you open it, the bottle is super classy with script writing and a little wax stamp. I wish we still […]
Read more "Review: Blood Oath Pact No. 2"Here at Barrels and Mash, we drink our fair share of Bourbon barrel-aged beers… in fact, we drink some other people’s fair share too. Obviously we can say the same for Bourbon, so when New Holland dumped barrels of their Bourbon Barrel-Aged Dragon’s Milk Stout and refilled them with whiskey, we wanted to drink that […]
Read more "Review: New Holland Beer Barrel Aged Bourbon"You know what’s good? A whiskey. You know what’s better? Three whiskeys! Pub W just rolled out their April whiskey flight and they were nice enough to invite us to help out with writing the tasting notes (the official sheet with our notes are at the bottom of this post). So last Monday we snagged a […]
Read more "The Jack Daniels flight at Pub W"