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Mike And Matt Taste New Riff Malted Rye Bottled-in-Bond

The New Riff Distillery in Newport, Kentucky, is one of my favorite 21st century distilleries in Kentucky. They are making some excellent whiskeys and are not afraid to experiment. One of their experiments is a 100% malted rye whiskey. Malting… Conti…

Archiving Distilling History

Things have changed over the last two centuries. It is easier to document the history of the distilling industry in the twenty-first century than it was in the twentieth century. It is not that the records were not kept from… Continue Reading →

Whiskey Of The Month – Leiper’s Fork Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon

Leiper’s Fork Distillery near Franklin, Tennessee, is a distillery to watch. Their distiller, Lee Kennedy, is making very good whiskey. It is a small distillery by modern standards but they are distributing their whiskey outside Tennessee. Rosemary ord…

Mike And Matt Taste Old Forester 1897 Bottled-in-Bond

Old Forester has a series they call the “Whiskey Row” series. The name comes from the fact that Old Forester had an office on Main Street in Louisville in the heart of Louisville’s Whiskey Row. Whiskey Row gets its name… Continue Reading →

A Kentucky Bourbon Trail Suggestion

The Kentucky Bourbon Trail has been a huge success. It has increased the interest in Kentucky Bourbon and brought a lot of tourism dollars to the local economies. It has been successful enough that many of Kentucky’s dry counties have… Continue Readi…

Book Review – Alchemy In A Glass: The Essential Guide To Handcrafted Cocktails

I am not a bartender and I have never aspired to be one. I will mix an occasional cocktail for myself and Rosemary, but I will never be a top-notch bartender. However, I do like cocktail books for many reasons…. Continue Reading →

Mike And Matt Taste Benchmark Bottled-in-Bond

Bottled-in-Bond whiskey is a growing category. It has regained some of the respect it had in the first half of the twentieth century. The established distilleries are beginning to give their bonded whiskeys more support and in the case of… Continue R…

Maker’s Mark Added Wood Project Process

I was recently invited, along with several other whiskey writers, to visit Jane Bowie in her lab at Maker’s Mark and see the process that she and her team go through to in order to bottle their special wood finish… Continue Reading →

Images Of The Past – 1947 Old Fitzgerald Advertising Picture

This advertising picture is from 1947. It is an Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond advertisement printed on a panel and made to be either hung on the wall or to stand on top of cases of Old Fitzgerald on display in a… Continue Reading →

Mike And Matt Taste Leiper’s Fork Tennessee Whiskey Bottled-in-Bond

About five years ago, I was part of an event at the Leiper’s Fork Distillery, near Franklin, Tennessee. The distiller (I don’t think he was calling himself a “Master Distiller” at the time), Lee Kennedy, was hosting the event at… Continue Reading &#8…