The dust has finally settled on 2021, and we’re looking back at ten of the biggest moments in bourbon news from last year. We love hearing about new releases from distilleries, but we love sharing the news of these releases with our readers even more. That’s where this list comes in, as a look back […]
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With this month’s release of Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batch A122, Heaven Hill is celebrating 10 years of the cask strength “Father of Bourbon” expression. It’s gained a few new family members since its birth in 2013, most recently Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel and Elijah Craig Rye, but most importantly, it’s brought ten years of […]
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Like millions of Americans, I tested positive for Covid over the holidays. Like about 40% of them, I eventually lost my taste and smell. Unlike about 99% of them, I depend on those senses for my livelihood. As an editor for The Bourbon Review and the whiskey historian for Justins’ House of Bourbon, I spend a decent […]
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Buffalo Trace is releasing a sixth expression in its Old Charter Oak series, a line that celebrates the role of white oak trees in the bourbon aging process. While the vast majority of bourbon today is aged in American white oak barrels, the Old Charter Oak line showcases white oaks from all over the world. […]
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Angel’s Envy is marking a milestone with the 10th annual Cask Strength Kentucky Straight Bourbon Finished in Port Wine Barrels, arriving on shelves December 1st, 2021. Each year, the distillery releases an extended finished, full proof version of their flagship bourbon. The first Cask Strength release first hit shelves in 2012, introduced by Angel’s Envy […]
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The competition for a bottle of Buffalo Trace Antique Collection just got a little tougher – for the first time since 2002, Buffalo Trace won’t be releasing George T. Stagg. The distillery is as disappointed as we are, but for Buffalo Trace, quality comes first. “Before any barrel can be dumped and bottled, it goes […]
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For the first time since 2002, Buffalo Trace Distillery will not release a George T. Stagg with the fall launch of their Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, says The New York Times. The paper of record confirmed rumors this morning that the barrels laid down in 2006 for this year’s Stagg Sr. didn’t mature as planned, […]
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