I have had these tasting notes for some time now, but they were misplaced and I just found them the other day. My apologies to the team at Michter’s because this excellent Rye whiskey should have been reviewed some months… Continue Reading →
I had the honor of being invited to the Potter Jane Distillery Media Day the other day. Denny Potter and Jane Bowie are two of the nicest people in the distilling industry. They have built a distillery that is normal… Continue Reading →
Once again, Michter’s has made a whiskey that is the best thing Matt and I tasted for the past month. Michter’s Toasted Barrel Finish Sour Mash is an excellent whiskey that impressed us with its rich butterscotch flavor and well-rounded… Continue Rea…
Heaven Hill has created two “Grain to Glass” whiskeys – a Bourbon and a Rye Whiskey. I have had these bottles for some time now and Matt and I did a YouTube video on them back in March. We finally… Continue Reading →
When Americans first started distilling, the major roadway was the river. Distilleries depended upon the waterways to get their whiskey to markets that were not local. Shipping barrels of whiskey was hard to achieve on the primitive roads of the… Con…
This is an interesting history of whiskey from the Neolithic era to modern times, by looking at the containers of the spirit. Robin Robinson is a spirits writer and has received an Icons of Whiskey Award from Whisky Magazine. He… Continue Reading …
When Kentucky Artisan Distillery opened their event space, they decided that they needed whiskeys to taste there that are distillery exclusive. They created four whiskeys for this purpose. I have three of them to taste here, but they unfortunately were…
On October 25, 2015, I created Bourbonveach.com with the help of Maggie Kimberl. Maggie created the blog and I dictated my first blog to her, “Why is Bourbon over 80% Corn not Corn Whiskey?” and she posted the blog. In… Continue Reading →
This is a question that was very much discussed with my good friend, Al Young, when he was still with us. He would often call me and ask this question and we had several interesting telephone calls as a result. … Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the collaboration between Liberty Pole and Dad’s Hat distilleries and the rye that they bottled together. It is a single barrel of rye whiskey from each distillery, mingled together to create this whiskey…. Continue Rea…
