About nine years ago, I met Bill McBrayer and his father when I spoke at a meeting of the Cincinnati Bourbon Society. They asked me if they should get back into the distilling business and I told them with their… Continue Reading →
Royce Neeley is making great whiskey at the Neeley Family Distillery in Northern Kentucky. He has a rich family heritage in distilling, although it was moonshining, and not legal distilling until Royce and his family built their distillery near Sparta,…
For those that have been following my blog, you know that Bill Thomas and I had four barrels of Bourbon made at Kentucky Artisan Distillery in the spring season of 2018. We have bottled this Bourbon and I asked Rosemary… Continue Reading →
The United States Army was created in the year 1775 when the conflict with Great Britain started. The next year, the United States declared independence and it became officially, the United States Army. It is a long heritage for the… Continue Reading…
A few years ago, I did a blog pairing Bourbon with cheese. I thought I would do a similar blog with rye whiskeys. Rosemary and I sat down and tasted three whiskeys, Michter’s US 1 Rye, Old Overholt Bonded Rye… Continue Reading →
This is the latest book from my friend Susan Reigler. She has done a guide to Kentucky distilleries before and that book is still a good book to have when visiting the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. But it is old and… Continue Reading →
This is the latest release from Brown-Forman’s Old Forester 117 Series which is their 1910 Bourbon aged a second time in a second, new charred barrel and this particular Bourbon has spent a long time in the second barrel. It… Continue Reading →
I have often said on our YouTube videos and in the Mike and Matt Taste blogs, that I like a fruity whiskey. But what does that mean? I thought I would look at whiskey profiles and what they entail with… Continue Reading →
We like the whiskeys that 15 Stars has been bottling. This is no exception. This rye whiskey is a blend of 8, 9, 13 and 14 years old rye whiskeys. It is not too oak forward and I suspect that… Continue Reading →
I have always thought that Old Grand Dad Bourbon was the best thing that Jim Beam makes. Don’t get me wrong, I like Jim Beam whiskeys, but I really like the Old Grand Dad Bourbons. I have been a huge… Continue Reading →
