The SCWC gathered for a very special night with a very special distillery: Dingle. Dingle was the first craft distillery in Ireland and right from the beginning, they wanted to do everything with an eye toward tradition. Resurrecting long-forgotten recipes, using only pot stills, making pot-still whiskey, you name it, they’re into it. And it […]
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Every year, the folks at Westland put together something special with their Garryana releases; Westland Garryana Edition 6 is no different. Just taking a look at the casks used, and considering the cask management and blending experiments that took place to get to this exact whiskey is an impressive endeavor to think about. They pull […]
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Once only available if you “knew a guy”, this dram with the well-worn ABV is now available to the general market: Maker’s Mark 101 Proof. Sitting in a comfy spot between the standard Maker’s and the Maker’s Cask Strength, this could be seen as a middle ground or a stepping stone between the two. Almost […]
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Rounding out this run of Old Forester is THE most requested whiskey review for the site: Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style. Clocking in at 115 proof, it’s the highest proof of the “new” core which seems at odds with something referencing prohibition. Though once you dig in, it makes a bit more sense. During prohibition, […]
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The Old Forester 1897 Bottled In Bond is named after the Bottled in Bond act of the same year. Being named as such it also follows all of the regulations required for it to be labeled as a bonded bourbon. This makes me happy, because I love trying new BiB bourbons! It’s all distilled in […]
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Sitting down to think about the order of this review series, I considered kicking things off with this Old Forester 1870 Original Batch. It’s the modern update to the base release that kicks the proof up a touch. Seemed like a good place to start, but looking at the full lineup I had in front […]
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This isn’t the first Old Forester Single Barrel I’ve reviewed, but it is the first one I bought. Bought it, put it in the back of a closet and then forgotten about till I packed up my crap, moved out of Los Angeles and up to the mountains. I discovered a lot of things I […]
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The Modern Cocktail is a classic cocktail that’s ridiculously easy to manipulate to fit into any cocktail scenario. Smoky, funky, sweet, spicy, this cocktail can do it all by just changing your selection of its core spirits: Scotch and Rum. Two spirits that have a wide range of flavor profiles to pick from, which results […]
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A few months after finding the 1981 Old Forester I found this 1975 Old Forester Bonded. I stumbled upon it, tucked away in the back of a liquor store, on a dusty hunt. It was in fantastic condition, but one thing about it stood out immediately: the color. It looked a little darker than some […]
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I found this 1981 Old Forester Kentucky Straight Bourbon on a dusty hunt 5+ years ago. When I got home I checked the bottom for a glass date code and saw an 81. It immediately went to a specific shelf in my whiskey bunker. A shelf with a set expiration date. On this shelf it […]
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