If you nerd out on the history of American Whiskey, you see the names Beam and Dant all over the damn place. The history of Yellowstone is riddled of those names as well, and involves multiple relatives, sales, and more relatives. To save you from a bunch of me doing a shitty job of explaining all […]
Read more "Review: Yellowstone Limited Edition 2015"Breaker Bourbon has been on my radar for a while. NDPs can be pretty frustrating with their sneaky marketing shit, and while Breaker is certainly no exception, for some reason I’ve been intrigued by their schtick. So when I saw a bottle during a recent trip I figured it was time I try it. Before […]
Read more "Review: Breaker Bourbon"“From time to time, our Master Distiller selects a few exceptional barrels of our 10 Bourbon recipes to become Limited Edition releases. These special releases are barrel strength and non-chill filtered, so you get to savor them exactly as they come out of the barrel. We hope you look for them, find them and enjoy […]
Read more "Review: Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch 2015"Released every September, all the barrels used to create this bourbon are from a single day’s production. This year only 13,200 were released, making it very hard to find. Kris traded an Elijah Craig 18 year for this (and delicious samples) for my birthday, what a great guy! “This particular lot of barrels is unusual […]
Read more "Review: Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2015"The extra-aged Elijah Craig expressions have been popping up all over the shelves around here, and being the Elijah Craig 12 fan that I am, I’ve been impulsing buying them as soon as they are available. I rocked the 23-year-old Elijah about a month ago, and now it’s time for the 18. Before I could crack […]
Read more "Review: Elijah Craig 18 Single Barrel"Found this guy at a liquor store when we were in Colorado on vacation and I couldn’t pass it up. Definitely, had to buy it and see if/how it is different that the 2006 Vintage. This bottle was barreled on 2-17-05, barrel no. 460, and bottled on 2-23-15. For more info on the distillery or […]
Read more "Review: Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage 2005"On a recent visit to Colorado, Kate and I hit up Laws Whiskey House for a tour, and it blew away the other distilleries we visited. The tour guide was phenomenal, and the distillery has a great, honest feel to it, which can be hard to find these days. After having a successful run in the […]
Read more "Review: Laws Four Grain Bourbon (Batch 1 Re-Release)"Old Forester 1897 Bottled in Bond is the second expression in the Old Forester Whiskey Row Series. The barrels for this bourbon are selected from a single distilling season. For more information check out Kris’ review of the first one, here. Company: Brown-Foreman Corporation Distillery: Old Forester Location: Lousiville, KY Mash Bill: 72% corn/18% rye/10% […]
Read more "Review: Old Forester 1897"Well let’s get this out of the way right up front: this is some old whiskey. Heaven Hill likes to occasionally release super-aged expressions to the masses, and this is one of their oldest. As far as I know, only Rittenhouse 25 and and the second Parker’s Heritage release, aged 27 years, carry higher age […]
Read more "Review: Elijah Craig 23 Single Barrel"Four Roses Yellow Label Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is made from a blend of ten different Kentucky straight Bourbons, each of which is distilled and aged at the Four Roses Distillery. While five of the Bourbons are made from a mashbill of 75% corn, 20% rye and 5% malted barley (the ‘E’ mash bill), the […]
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