In January 2021, amid the COVID 19 outbreak, Maker’s Mark introduced their “Whiskey Drop” program. This program allows members to receive an email about the next whiskey available for purchase. The program allows for several perks for members. First of…
This whiskey is made at the Union Horse Distilling Company in Lenexa, Kansas. The family-owned and operated distillery near Kansas City, Missouri makes this small batch whiskey with 100% Rye and distills it in a copper pot still made by… Continue Rea…
Westport Whiskey & Wine has done another private select barrel from Limestone Branch Distillery. Matt & I tasted a previous selection from 2021 and we both enjoyed it quite a lot. Just as before, Limestone Branch has used a special… Continue …
Last week I was invited to the ceremonial barreling of the 10 millionth barrel at Heaven Hill Distillery. It was an impressive affair with the heads of the family, Master Distillers and Kentucky Governor Beshear. It is a feat of… Continue Reading …
This whiskey was produced by the Old Glory Distilling Co. in Clarksville, Tennessee. I recently visited the Distillery on an excursion from the Bourbon Cruise on the American Countess Riverboat, part of the American Queen Voyages. This is a 21st… Con…
Old Forester has released another one time offering in its 117 Series of smaller experimental whiskeys. This time it’s a Bottled-in-Bond expression that highlights the unique flavor profile that a single season distillation can provide and adds the twi…
In a letter of January 1902, Edmond H. Taylor, Jr. admitted that he had some barrels of whiskey for sale that were ten years old and thus were not available to be sold as bonded whiskey. The bonding period for… Continue Reading →
Last month I had another visit from Bill McBrayer. He was in Louisville and wanted to bring me a bottle of his third batch of W.H. McBrayer Bourbon. We sat on the porch and had a few drinks, talked history… Continue Reading →
This Limited Edition whiskey is from the Rabbit Hole Distillery in Louisville, Kentucky. It is the cask strength expression of their 93 proof wheated Bourbon finished in Pedro Ximenex Sherry Barrels. The mash bill recipe is 65% corn, 25% wheat… Conti…
In part one of this blog, I listed the basic bottles for a Bourbon collection. I am now going to expand upon that collection, starting with getting some more bottles from those heritage distillers. These bottles are as follows:Brown-Forman: Woodford……
