We’ve reviewed a handful of things from Willett, so when I saw this the other day in Texas, I had to purchase it just out of curiosity. Plus, it’s fairly cheap. Feast your peepers on some of our other Kentucky Bourbon Distiller/ Willett reviews here! Side note: This bottle was incredibly hard to open. I […]
Read more "Review: Kentucky Vintage"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"I’ve been on a bit of a rye kick lately and realized that we didn’t have much in our collection, so we picked up a couple of things I’ve been wanting to try and instead of reviewing them one-by-one, I thought it might be fun to do a blind tasting since watching Kate do her bottom shelf […]
Read more "Blind Rye Showdown"I was perusing the liquor store the other day for something to review, and decided I wanted to do a bottom shelf tasting. Then, I figured it would be more fun to do a blind bottom shelf tasting. So, here we are! Come on down, the price is right! A: Color: Yellow Gold. Nose: Very […]
Read more "Blind Bottom Shelf Showdown"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"The Parker’s Heritage collection of small batch bourbons is a series of rare, limited-edition bourbons that are crafted in tribute to Master Distiller Parker Beam and his five decades of experience distilling whiskey. Each year, Parker Beam and Heaven Hill select a special expression of whiskey to release under the Parker’s Heritage Collection label. This […]
Read more "Review: Parker’s Heritage 2015 Malt Whiskey"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"Pikesville Straight Rye is Heaven Hill’s newest rye expression and joins it’s Rittenhouse and Pikesville Supreme brands in the rye game. If you know me, you know that I like a good rye, and to be honest, Rittenhouse is my go-to. It’s only $18, it’s 4 years old, it’s BIB, and pretty much any time I […]
Read more "Review: Pikesville Rye"A buddy of mine had been after me for a while to let him try the bottle of E.H. Taylor Cured Oak I was lucky enough to get, so when our schedules finally aligned and we decided to make a tasting event of the whole thing (because why drink one bourbon when you can drink five). […]
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