Recently, my niece and nephew took a trip to Japan. They asked before they went “What Bourbons would you like for us to bring home?” I immediately said the Four Roses Black Label. I love this whiskey. My friend Al… Continue Reading →
Cyrus Noble is an old brand that has been revived. According to the Midas Criteria Registration of Trademarks, the brand dates back to 1863 when Freiberg & Workum of Cincinnati created Cyrus Noble Rye. Sometime later the brand passed to… Continue…
Presidents often have an influence on the Bourbon Industry. Most recently, Donald Trump’s tariff created a trade war that hurt Kentucky’s Bourbon industry in a bad way as countries imposed retaliatory tariffs on Bourbon. But not all Presidents had a……
The whiskey of the month for October is the 2024 release of Shenk’s Sour Mash. We selected Shenk’s in a blind tasting of several whiskeys that were stand outs this year. Shenk’s is a Sour Mash Whiskey, which means it… Continue Reading →
The other day, I received three bottles of Hard Truth Rye whiskeys from my friends at Hard Truth Distillery in Brown County, Indiana. They are all sweet mash whiskeys and two of them are finished whiskeys – one of them… Continue Reading →
The Mammoth Cave Bourbon Brand has been revived by the Balance Distilling Company in Smiths Grove, Kentucky. I am always happy to see an old brand revived. This brand was one of the brands United Distillers looked at reviving for… Continue Reading &#…
As long as they have been making whiskey, they have been advertising it for sale in the newspapers and magazines. The early 19th century is when Bourbon was first advertised for sale in a newspaper. The first written record of… Continue Reading →
Old Overholt is a very old brand. According to Mida’s Criteria of Trademark Registration, the brand has been in use since 1812 when A. Overholt founded his distillery in Pennsylvania. The brand became part of National Distillers during Prohibition and….
Owensboro has a rich heritage of distilling in Kentucky. They are known today for the Green River and Glenmore Distilleries, but in the 19th century, they also had the Daviess County Distillery. In 1873, Richard Monarch founded the Daviess County… Co…
Midway Distilling Company started life as Bluegrass Distillers, but when they had a chance to relocate to Midway, Kentucky, they changed their name to honor the pre-Prohibition Midway Distilling Company. This rye whiskey has been fully aged in new char…
