Review: Booker’s Roundtable “The Center Cut”

I’ve been waiting for this bottle to hit the shelves here for a long time. Oklahoma can be a couple months behind the curve when it comes to new releases, so when this stuff finally showed its face in mid-August at an Oklahoma City store, Kate happened to spot it and snag it for me. She got solid good wife points […]

Review: Colonel E. H. Taylor Small Batch

“As founding father of the bourbon industry, Colonel Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr. left an indelible legacy. His dedication to distilling began at the close of the Civil War when he purchased O.F C. Distillery. There, he developed innovative techniques that are still in use today. Made by hand, this Small Batch Bourbon Whiskey has been […]

Review: Jefferson’s Chef’s Collaboration

“A late night spent tasting some of chef Edward Lee’s culinary creations led Trey to the idea that someone should blend a bourbon that would pair well with the bold flavors in chef Lee’s cookbook and other modern cuisine. Without hesitation, Trey and Ed set forth. The result is a blend with a spicy upfront […]

Review: Jefferson’s Reserve Oklahoma Barrel

Jefferson’s is a non-distiller producer (NDP) of bourbon. The company does not own a distillery, but buys aged bourbon from other producers and then blends the various barrels to produce a consistent product. “The Reserve is the perfect marriage of four different recipes of bourbon, one of which is an elder statesman. The result is […]

Review: Four Roses Small Batch

Yeah, so all the same stuff I already said about Four Roses in my other review…here. Except that Small Batch is a blend of four different select bourbons. Two of the bourbons are comprised of a mash of 60% corn, 35% rye and 5% malted barley (the ‘B’ mash bill), while the other two bourbons […]

Review: Jefferson’s Reserve Groth Reserve Cask Finish

One of the first “nicer” bottles of wine that my wife and I shared after we got out of school and actually had some actual disposable income was a 2004 Groth Cabernet Sauvignon. I had high hopes for this Groth Cask Finished bourbon because of that and I was not disappointed. This bottle is batch #3, […]

Review: Willett Pot Still Reserve

We were lucky enough to actually go to the Willett Distillery last summer, which was June 2014. We grabbed this bottle, Johnny Drum Private Stock, and Pure Kentucky, and out of trio, the Pot Still is the only one left. Sad face. Oh, and my pot still t-shirt! Hooray for that! I definitely recommend vacations […]

Review: Four Roses Single Barrel

Four Roses has ten different recipes, yielding three finished products; yellow label, Small Batch, and Single Barrel, with the occasional limited edition. While most distilleries age bourbon in warehouses that are many stories high, Four Roses ages its bourbon in a one-story warehouse to ensure that each barrel is aged in a similar environment. Interesting […]

Review: Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit

Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit is a single barrel bourbon, and according to some very serious researching, Jimmy Russell personally selects barrels that have been aging for about nine years to be bottled as this expression. Since this is bottled from a single barrel as opposed to a batch of barrels, each bottle has the ability […]

Review: Stagg Jr.

Barrels and Mash has yet to see a 5/5 review (whiskey or beer), but that’s because the site didn’t exist yet when I tried the 2013 George T. Stagg. That bourbon had it all, high proof, straight from the barrel, complexity, and just an intangible character that made it so amazing I understand why it’s one […]