Michter’s Distillery keeps putting out excellent whiskeys. The 2025 Shenk’s Homestead Sour Mash is no exception. The Sour Mash is called Sour Mash because it does not have enough corn to be a Bourbon or enough rye in the mash… Continue Reading →…
Uncharted Bourbon is the latest release from Ingram Distilling Company. Ingram ages their sourced barrels on a barge on the Mississippi River in Columbus, Kentucky. This is a wheat recipe Bourbon bottled at 92 proof without an age statement. They… Co…
The years leading up to the First World War were trying times for the distilling industry. The prohibitionists were active in making many states dry. The distilling industry had depended upon the argument put forth by the beer industry that… Continue…
I received a press release the other day from Liberty Pole Distillery and they are collaborating with Dad’s Hat Distillery to release a rye whiskey in the Monongahela style. They are two of my favorite Pennsylvania distilleries. Both make excelle…
Brother’s Bond is a company founded by Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, two film makers who fell in love with Bourbon while filming in the South. They source barrels and blend them to make their whiskeys. They do a decent… Continue Reading →
For a brief time after the Second World War, Bourbon distilleries had a “golden age”. The war had ended and the restrictions on distilling had ended. The distilleries had all the grain they needed to distill (after a legal battle… Continue Reading &#…
We like Hard Truth whiskeys. They make excellent whiskey, both Bourbon and Rye whiskeys. They like to experiment with finishing barrels and this is their latest experiment. It is a very good Rye whiskey. They sent me a bottle of… Continue Reading …
Chicken Cock is a very old brand dating to 1860. The trademark was registered in the 1899 Mida’s Criteria Register of Trademarks as being owned by G.G. White Co. of Paris, Kentucky, but the trademark states that the Bourbon was… Continue Reading U…
There are many theories as to where Bourbon Whiskey got the name “Bourbon”. Bourbon comes about because Kentucky whiskey was not selling for a profit in New Orleans, the main market for Kentucky goods in the 18th and early 19th… Continue Reading U…
This rye whiskey was made with the influence of Becca Neeley. It is a sweet mash rye whiskey with a 65% rye content in the mash bill. It is just short of five years old at 59 months old. It… Continue Reading →
