On a recent trip to Mount Vernon, we picked up a bottle of their four year, nine month old rye whiskey. This is the 2025 release and it is a little different from the four year old rye I have… Continue Reading →
Military Veterans have had a long history with the American Distilling Industry. It starts with the whiskey tax that caused the whiskey rebellion. Veterans of the American Revolution opposed the tax. They had just fought a war over taxation and…..
On a recent trip to Washington D.C., we had lunch at Mount Vernon. While there we picked up several bottles of their products, including their four year old apple brandy. I like a good apple brandy and we were not… Continue Reading →
The Midwinter Night’s Dram is a seasonal release from High West Distillery in Park City, Utah. It has always been a very good rye whiskey. This is Act 13 Scene 11 and is finished in Port wine barrels. It is… Continue Reading →
Chicken Cock whiskeys are bottled by Grain & Barrel Spirits. They recently opened a tasting room on Market Street in Louisville. Now, I know many people are going to say “On Market Street? How is that part of Whiskey Row?”… Continue Reading ͛…
It has been seven years in the making, but the Fountain Run Bourbon has been released. It started in December of 2017 when Bill Thomas and I had Kentucky Artisan Distillers make a Bourbon for us. It was made in… Continue Reading →
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 →
