April 2024

Wilderness Trail Single Barrel Rye Whiskey Review

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The first time I called on Wilderness Trail was a long time ago. I was still living in Europe, and they had only just changed their name from Wilderness Trace and moved from their original storage space-style set-up to their current farm property. That was the summer of 2016, and …

Utah’s High West Brings Out Bourye For 2024

High West, the Utah-based craft distiller and negociant who earned a strong reputation for transparent sourcing more than a decade ago, has released its 2024 edition of Bourye. The Bourye expression is noted as a hybrid, drawing on stocks of both bourbon and rye that are aged for 10 years or more. In this instance, …

Brown-Forman To Distribute Its Own Products In Japan

Brown-Forman Corporation, one of the largest American-owned spirits companies, is launching its own distribution business in Japan today, bringing the distribution in-house for the first time since the company entered the market in the 1970s. The new Brown-Forman Japan office opened in the city center of Tokyo at the end of 2023. “With our dedicated …

Japanese Whiisky Gets New Laws to Deter Imposters

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Overseas demand for Japanese whiskies has surged in recent years, sending prices sky-high, especially for the rarer older varieties. Now, the industry is developing stricter standards to deter imitators. Consumers and producers are also becoming concerned about the emergence of products marketed as “Japanese whisky”. These products may have been made elsewhere – or sometimes […]

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Debuting TODAY! Special “Single Barrel Eclipse Cask Bourbon” by Casey Jones Distillery

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The fine folks at Casey Jones Distillery (Hopkinsville, KY) are putting out something special that debuts ONLINE TODAY, 50 BOTTLE RELEASE. Their “Single Barrel Eclipse Cask Bourbon” will go live online for preorder at 1pm CT today at THIS LINK. If you’re able to reserve yours, pickup must be done AT THE DISTILLERY within 2 […]

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Maker’s Mark Announces Rye Bourbon, First New Mashbill Ever

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Thank you for joining The Bourbon Review and Tito Belvedere for April Fools’ Day! We’ll see you next year—if not sooner.  Maker’s Mark distillery, famous for their red winter wheated whiskey, announced this morning that for the first time since their founding more than six decades ago, they’ll be releasing bourbon whiskey made with a […]

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Cù Bòcan Tweet Tasting

Continuing our teeming throng of industry leading Tweet Tastings (the original series of virtual tastings), we’re thrilled to announce that on April 24th, we’ll be teaming up again with our very good friends at Cù Bòcan, to pour and explore our way thr…

Michter’s Dinner At Repeal

Michter’s is one of our favorite distilleries and Repeal is one of our favorite restaurants, so when we received an invitation to attend this dinner, we could not refuse the offer. It started at 6:00 pm and we were escorted… Continue Reading →

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