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

The New Riff Distillery has gained a reputation for making some very interesting whiskeys. This latest expression is no exception. It is a 100% malted rye whiskey that has been aged six years and Bottled-in-Bond. There have been a few… Continue Readi…

Lexington Kentucky Distilleries – James E. Pepper

Recently, Rosemary and I travelled to Lexington, Kentucky to visit some distilleries. The one distillery that was top on my list to visit was James E. Pepper. I say this because during my days at United Distillers, I dealt with… Continue Reading →

A Stitzel-Weller Holiday

The year 1965 saw some change at the Stitzel-Weller Distillery. Julian Van Winkle had passed away in February and Julian Jr. was now in charge of the company. Old Fitzgerald Prime was introduced at 86.8 proof, the first Old Fitzgerald… Continue Readi…

Mike And Matt Taste Restoration Rye Batches Two And Three

About a year ago, Castle & Key Distillery released their first whiskey – Restoration Rye. This year they have released more of this rye whiskey –Batches Two and Three. Both are good, but a little different. Matt and I sat… Continue Reading &#8594…

Lexington, Kentucky Distilleries – Town Branch Distillery

I recently visited several of Lexington. Kentucky’s distilleries. I started with the Town Branch Distillery. Town Branch is the distillery started by Alltech in 2008. I was given the tour by their Master Distiller Mark Coffman. The history, according t…

Book Review – Miss Mary Bobo’s Boarding House Cookbook

Brown-Forman has always been on the cutting edge of marketing Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Whiskey. This book is another example of their marketing foresight. The book was published in 1994, when American whiskey was just beginning to come out of the… Con…

Mike And Matt Taste Jeptha Creed Bottled-in-Bond

Jeptha Creed Distillery has been around for over four years now. Joyce Nethery, the Master Distiller and owner of the distillery, has always said that she wanted to release a bonded Bourbon. That day has arrived. This is a traditional… Continue Readi…

Lexington, Kentucky Is Once Again A Bourbon Destination

In the 19th century, Lexington, Kentucky had several respectable distilleries. By 1910 there were four distilling companies based in the area. These were the Curley Company Distillers with distilleries DSP 3 and DSP 15 8th District, Kentucky in Camp Ne…

Images Of The Past – Ladies Of The Bottling Line At Labrot and Graham ca 1900

This image shows the women who worked on the bottling line at Labrot and Graham Distillery circa 1900. This is typical of bottling lines of the time. The distillers quickly learned that women made the best workers for bottling whiskey…. Continue Read…

Mike And Matt Taste Pinhook Bourbon Heist Bourbon

Pinhook Bourbon is being contract distilled at the Castle & Key Distillery. Contract distilling allows the brand owner to have control over how the whiskey is made and not to settle for whatever barrels happen to be on the market… Continue Readin…