Author name: Michael R. Veach

Mike And Matt Taste Chattanooga Bourbon Whiskey

This Bourbon is made at the Chattanooga Distillery in Chattanooga, Tennessee. Rosemary and I visited there in 2019 while on a trip on the American Queen Steamboat. We found their whiskey to be very good. They are a small distillery… Continue Reading …

Mike And Matt Taste Buzzard’s Roost Cigar Rye

Jason Brauner is always welcome to come over to my house and taste whiskey, but more so when he brings me a bottle of excellent rye. Buzzard’s Roost is a brand created by Jason and some other investors several years… Continue Reading →

Mike And Matt Taste Old Clifty Apple Brandy

Alan Bishop is making great whiskey at the Spirits of French Lick Distillery in Indiana, but one of his passions is making apple brandy. Indiana has a great heritage of making apple brandy. In the 19th century, Indiana was well… Continue Reading →

Mike And Matt Taste Kentucky Owl Takumi Edition

This Bourbon is a collaboration of the Kentucky Owl Distillery’s Master blender, John Rhea, and the Japanese Master Blender, Yahisa Yusuke, from the Nagahama Distillery in the Shiga Prefecture, Japan. Samples of Bourbon were sent to Japan, where Yusuke…

Mike And Matt Taste Some More Rabbit Hole Whiskeys

Matt and I tasted some more Rabbit Hole whiskeys this week. We have the Rabbit Hole Derringer Bourbon Finished in PX Sherry Barrels and the Rabbit Hole Boxergrail Single Barrel Rye Whiskey. We are excited to taste these whiskeys. The… Continue Readin…

Mike And Matt Taste Rabbit Hole Whiskeys

I like the Rabbit Hole Distillery. It has one of the most informative tours in Louisville. I was visiting there a few months ago and picked up some of their bottles and Matt and I sat down to taste them…. Continue Reading →

Book Review – The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book

The Waldorf Astoria Bar Book is a revision of The Old Waldorf Astoria Bar Book, first printed in 1934 and written by Albert Stevens Crockett. The author of the new, revised version of the book, Frank Caiafa took the position… Continue Reading →

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