It’s great to be back! After a few weeks recovering my senses of smell and taste, it’s nice to be reviewing whiskey and writing blog posts again. My sincerest thanks to Frank Dobbins for keeping the “12 Rickhouses of Turkey” series going in the interim…
Thanks to last Friday’s TTB filing, we’ve learned what the next installment in the Russell’s Reserve Single Rickhouse series will be – Camp Nelson B. After two consecutive Camp Nelson releases, I was certain we’d see Tyrone join the Single Rickho…
‘Tis the season … for “best of” whiskey lists. Very soon, Fred Minnick will host his annual “Top 100 American Whiskeys” blind tasting. What will come out on top? It’s anyone’s guess, though there are three Turkeys currently gracing his list: Rare Breed…
Back in 2018, a curious pair of words cemented themselves into the Wild Turkey vernacular: Camp Nelson. While Wild Turkey had been aging whiskey in Jessamine County for many years, it wasn’t until those barrels hit the private-barrel program that the m…
It’s that time again … Turkey Time! Well, it’s always Turkey Time as far as I’m concerned, but today’s a special Turkey Time – time for another entry in the “12 Rickhouses of Turkey” series. And what’s on deck? A 2023 Russell’s Reserve Single Bar…
It’s time for the second entry in my “12 Rickhouses of Turkey” series. Today, I’ll be tasting a Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Bourbon selected by my friends at the Dallas Bourbon Club. This whiskey aged over nine years on the 4th floor of Tyrone’s ri…
Now that I’ve dialed back my traveling for the next few months, it’s the perfect opportunity to play catch-up on some whiskeys in need of review. Considering a grand majority of these bottles are Russell’s Reserve or Kentucky Spirit private selections,…
Happy Turkey Day! Back in December 2019, I published my 2020 Wild Turkey Wish List. It’s hard to believe it’s been four years since that post. How time flies! Surely, some of the items on that list have been addressed by now, but let’s take a look just…
There are certain moments in my whiskey journey that I’ll never forget (most of which were firsts): my first sip of 1980’s Wild Turkey, meeting Jimmy and Eddie Russell for the first time, my first Russell’s Reserve private selection, the publication of…
Not too long after I started writing about whiskey, a challenge circulated on the popular bourbon blogs of the time: building a whiskey bar for $100. While technically doable in 2023, if you want to assemble a range of high-quality whiskeys that excel …
