Introduction‘The best whiskey maker the world never knew’ is the rather bold moniker bestowed with an air of surety upon the subject of a relatively new American whiskey brand hailing from Lynchburg, Tennessee. It would also suggest that those behind i…
Given that bourbon is a US product and there’s a crippling premium added to a lot of American whiskey imported to the UK, it’s a fair assumption that on a trip to the US, there are a lot of bargains to be had. There are also a whole host of brands, bot…
The Van Winkles were at The Whisky Show this year!I repeat: the Van Winkles were at The Whisky Show this year!They weren’t the best US kit there though. They weren’t even the best US kit on their table.That being said, as I trawled through the show bot…
In the next instalment of my continuing ramblings about vintage bourbon, I’m not straying too far from the last. Old Taylor, Old Crow, Old Overholt and Old Grand-Dad have a lot in common aside from sharing 50% of their brand monikers. Marketed as…
The first BBS barrel pick was chosen in tumult. A yammering, hammering, market-stall maelstrom of bellowed insistences and table-thumping certainty. Four bourbons, each one chalk and cheese to the next; two standouts and one obvious pick. A thundering …
By @LondonLiquorAs secondary market prices have soared in the past few years, all manner of whisky auction sites have sprung up to cater for demand. Major UK players with an international reach include Whisky.Auction, Scotch Whisky Auctions, Whisky Auc…
Words by WhiskyPilgrimBetween us we’ve a pretty formidable “US whiskies tasted” rap sheet in the BBS. So it really isn’t often that almost none of us have tried any of the pours at a tasting. But on Saturday 29th July we trooped over to the inimitable …
Words by The BourbonatorThere is a romance attached to anything old and whiskey is no exception. That point in which a bottle moves into a decade granting it the title of ‘vintage’ or to coin the colloquialism, ‘dusty’ is something that has created a s…
BBS co-founding father @london_liquor has been enthusing about Sonoma County whiskey for literally as long as I’ve known him. In fact, the evening I joined BBS – before I was even in the Facebook group – he was talking about the distillery, and the tri…
Our reviews section is looking a little sparse at the moment.“A little sparse” might even be being kind. It currently sits at a grand total of four; a batting average of one every two months, with the first having been written on 5th December. Which fe…
