Company: Boondocks Vol: 45%Age: 8 yearsClassification: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (finished in port barrels)Breakdown: UnknownPrice: c. £60.00HistoryMany of us are looking forward to the day when we can call it quits on the demands of the workin…
Company: Wild TurkeyVol: 56.4%Age: NASClassification: Kentucky Straight Bourbon WhiskeyBreakdown: 75% corn, 13% rye, 12% malted barleyPrice: c. £50PreambleIt’s been 2½ years since our Wild Turkey Rare Breed review hit the World Wide Web. So what update…
Its that time of the year again folks, where the Gents get locked away in Bourbon Gents HQ and are not released until a Top 10 has been finalised. This time though, it was different, Mr Pie was putting his case forward to post a Top 10 of Rye Whiskey o…
Company: Four RosesVol: 40%Age: No age statement (minimum of 4 years, rumoured to be between 5-6 years)Classification: Kentucky Straight Bourbon WhiskeyBreakdown: As with all the Four Roses bottlings we point the honourable reader to the Four Roses web…
Company: Jim BeamVol: 50%Age: NASClassification: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey (Bottled in Bond, James Bond) Breakdown: 63% corn, 27% rye, 10% malted barleyPrice: c. £40HistoryIf Old Grand-Dad bourbon is good enough for James Bond, then it’s certai…
Company: Heaven HillVol: 50%Age: NASClassification: Straight Rye WhiskeyBreakdown: 51% rye, 37% corn, 11% malted barleyPrice: Can be found between £35.00 – £45.00HistoryContinental Distilling Company of Philadelphia first launched the 2 year old Ritten…
Company: Brown Forman Vol: Old Forester 43% / Old Forester 1870 45%Age: NASClassification: Kentucky, straight, bourbon whiskeyBreakdown: 72% corn, 18% rye, 10% malted barley Price: Old Forester £30 / Old Forester 1870 £50ShowdownSo, why have we d…
Company: Maker’s MarkVol: 47%Age: NASClassification: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky (without the ‘e’, as the Maker’s Mark creator used the spelling in honour of his Scottish ancestry)Breakdown: 70% corn, 16% wheat, 14% malted barleyPrice: c. £40Histo…
World Cup Final Wrap UpIt’s all over again for another year. The Bourbon Gents World Cup 2019 has come to an end. 2 weeks, 64 bourbons and thousands of votes, but there can only be one winner. Some matches were very tight, some had landslides victories…
Semi Final Wrap UpBoth Semi-Finals, as you can imagine, were hard fought battles with little love lost throughout both games. With a place in the Bourbon Gents World Cup Final for the winners, the stakes could not have been higher. The first Semi-Final…
