Today is the anniversary of the first post here on Barrels and Mash, so I thought it would be nice to celebrate it by revisiting the history of why our little project here got started. Given that I love to ramble, this probably won’t be a short and sweet version of it either, so grab a nice […]
Read more "For the Love of Booze: The History of Barrels and Mash"The Lexington Brewing Company was acquired in 1999 by Pearse Lyons. (Hey! That’s the name of this whiskey!) They didn’t start distilling until 2008 when they purchased pot stills from Scotland. Since this is made in America and not Scotland this is considered an American Malt. This malt is aged in Bourbon barrels that have […]
Read more "Review: Pearse Lyons Reserve"Flights are a glorious thing (whiskey, beer, it’s all good). They’re a great way to sample multiple beverages without spending too much money and leaving too drunk (although that depends on how many flights you get, I guess). So when we heard that Pub W was starting a monthly whiskey flight we had to see what […]
Read more "Barrels and Mash Field Trip: Whiskey Flights at Pub W"Man, I’ve been meaning to write this one for a long time, just look at that pic, the grass was green when I took it for this review! Well today seems like an appropriate to drink and write about Stranhan’s given that it’s produced in Denver and the Broncos are playing in the Super Bowl […]
Read more "Review: Stranahan’s"The Oak Reserve is Asheville’s Heirloom Moonshine Platinum aged in Bourbon barrels. “Troy & Sons Distillers was founded in North Carolina. Because of the small batch distillation that they use, they admit to some variability in each distillation–in fact, they regard it as a stamp of their authenticity and they put a stamp with the […]
Read more "Review: Troy & Sons Oak Reserve"Troy & Sons is named for Troy Ball and her three sons. She and Charlie, her husband, started by making moonshine. “She’s the fourth female distillery owner in the country, and the first to make moonshine” according to Garden and Gun, you can read the whole article here. “Blonde starts with heirloom Turkey Red Wheat […]
Read more "Review: Blonde Whiskey"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"In 2011, the Discovery Channel launched a TV show called Moonshiners which chronicles the lives and crazy happenings of a group of guys making shine in the Appalachian Mountains. While it seems like a terrible idea to let a full-on camera crew film you doing illegal things, these guys managed to make their whiskey and evade the authorities while […]
Read more "Review: Climax Moonshine"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 […]
Read more "Review: Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit"As I’ve started writing about bourbon and reading more and more posts and comment threads I’ve noticed an odd trend: people love to talk shit on Woodford Reserve. I don’t know why, I’ve always found Woodford to be a solid bourbon, is it just because it’s so popular which makes it “not cool” to like, or do […]
Read more "Review: Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Single Barrel Oklahoma #5"