An early favorite from the Tulsa brewery, Okie has not been in production for a couple of years now. Originally released in 750 ml corked and caged bottles, this batch of the 12% ABV Imperial Brown Ale has been released in a more manageable 12 ounce bottle but a higher ABV than the last release. […]
Read more "Review: Prairie Artisan Ales Okie (2015)"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"Prairie Artisan Ales makes some fine stuff here in Oklahoma and is really leading the mission to put the state on the map as a contender in the national beer scene. You can go out of the state to Kentucky, Colorado, wherever, strike up a conversation with a beer nerd, and they will bring up Prairie […]
Read more "Review: Prairie Artisan Ales Prairie Vision"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 […]
Read more "2015 Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection: 1838 Style White Corn"Chris Morris, Master Distiller at Woodford Reserve, has been tinkering with rye whiskey for some time now. Woodford Reserve released a pair of 375ml bottles containing “Old World” and “New World” ryes (in other words, “used barrel” and “new barrel”, respectively) as their 2011 Master’s Collection. Brown-Forman also chipped in and made all of Heaven Hill’s […]
Read more "Review: Woodford Reserve Rye"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 […]
Read more "Review: Eagle Rare 10 year Single Barrel"This is one I’ve been meaning to try for a while, but due to its low price and wide availability I just never got around to picking one up since I knew I could at any given time. Honestly, the only reason I decided to add a bottle to my collection now was due to […]
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