I’ve been on a huge beer kick lately (Beer is booming in Oklahoma if you haven’t noticed), so this is a great Bourbon to get me back in the Bourbon review game. I’ve actually never owned or opened a bottle of Maker’s until this point. And, we actually went to the distillery a few years […]
Read more "Review: Maker’s Mark"A recent TTB label approval is sending waves through the community of Bourbon lovers and their future bank accounts as this label shows Diageo is most likely planing to release a 24 year-old single barrel Bourbon under the Blade and Bow label. The Bourbon looks to be distilled at the mythological Stitzel-Weller Distillery in 1991, the […]
Read more "Some Stitzel-Weller juice is on its way, start selling everything you own!"Kris picked this bottle up when he was in Indianapolis for a friend’s wedding. He got into an awesome Bourbon conversation with Ray, the owner of Rural Inn where they talked for like an hour about awesome Bourbon while his friends patiently waited. The link to all of my other Four Roses reviews can be […]
Read more "Review: Four Roses Single Barrel Rural Inn (OESK)"This Bourbon was a Christmas present from some of our friends (thanks Zac and Julie!) which they brought back with them from a New York vacation. It’s was specially selected by Astor Wine and Spirits in New York City. It was aged 8 years and 11 months and bottled in March of 2014. It’s from […]
Read more "Review: Four Roses Single Barrel Astor NYC (OBSV)"It seems like I’ve been doing a lot of blind tastings recently, and I have to say, I’ve become a huge fan. Removing labels, marketing, and preconceived notions of what I think I like is such a fun way to experience whiskey. While at first there is definitely the fear of “man, what if I […]
Read more "Buffalo Trace Mash Bill #1 Blind Tasting"This is going to be a pretty long post, so I’ll make the intro as short as I can. The Bourbon community is awesome, and is made up of awesome people like our internet friend Stephen (a.k.a. @fletcher_whiskeydog). He decided to pick a few of his online whiskey friends and send them 3 blind samples, […]
Read more "The Inaugural F. Whiskey Dog Blind Bourbon Tasting"“As a result of prohibition, Americans developed a taste for softer whiskies, rather than the long-aged, big-flavored straight bourbons of the past. This is what motivated Booker Noe. He didn’t want just another “run of the mill” new bourbon. When Booker fathered the small batch movement over two decades ago, he created Knob Creek to […]
Read more "Review: Knob Creek Small Batch"Back in November I received a sample of the Yellowstone Limited Edition and wrote it up, so if you are interested in my lazy attempt at explaining the history of the Yellowstone brand (as well as my thoughts on that expression), you can check that out. I’ll wait here why you do so… Welcome back! […]
Read more "Review: Yellowstone Select"“The extra aging, longer than nearly every other small batch offering, allows our bourbon to absorb more of the sugar from the wood, giving it a richer taste. And treating our American white oak barrels with the highest char level brings out even more distinctive flavor qualities during the aging process. When it’s all done, […]
Read more "Review: Knob Creek Single Barrel"This Bourbon was a Christmas present from my wonderful husband, Kris. I saw a present that was wrapped like a giant candy that looked an awful lot like an E.H. Taylor container and got super excited. He let me open it early, because neither he nor I can wait until actual Christmas to open presents. […]
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