This is a delicious mature whiskey, far from overly oaked, and full of complexity and nuance. The nose is loaded with cooked dark cherries, warm dark chocolate, macaron, green apple and Juicy Fruit gum. On the palate it’s rich and mouth coating, not dr…
Referring to a pair of upcoming Wood Finishing Series fall 2022 releases, Jane Bowie, the brand’s director of innovation says, “These whiskeys will be further away from our normal taste profile than before. … With what we’ve done in the past, I believe…
BUFFALO TRACE AUCTIONING FIVE 6-LITER BOTTLES OF O.F.C. BOURBON FOR CHARITIESBuffalo Trace Distillery announced the upcoming auction of five, 6-liter bottles of O.F.C. Bourbon at a starting bid of $25,000 each. You read that correctly. According to the…
AT HEAVEN HILL, IT’S SEXY TO BE 17When it comes to March releases, it’s sexy to be 17 years old at Heaven Hill Distilleries. Last week I received a sample of the first Hill Heritage Collection (HHHC) release, which is a 17-year-old bourbon….
As of March 7, Bardstown Bourbon Company is the property of Pritzker Private Capital (PPC), a Chicago-based private equity owner of several manufacturing companies. (Click here for the news release.) Though BBC’s journey from conception (2013) to groun…
SMALL DISTILLERS FACING COSTLY BARREL SHORTAGERunning a small distillery is tough, and this VinePair article shows it’s not getting any easier. Not only are barrel prices soaring, their availability to small distilleries is shrinking. FEW Spirits…
File this under “We wish could have made this up, but it’s fo’ real.” Top-ranked UFC fighter and Lafayette, La., native Dustin Poirier has launched a new bourbon named Rare Stash.
According to a news release quoted in “The Acadiana Advocate,” Poirier…
This is an elegant and well-mannered whiskey; balanced, velvet soft, delicately honeyed while delivering a bit of spice across the palate. Easy, easy sipping that deserves some classy nibbles (think caviar and smoked salmon). The brand says this was fi…
If you’re a whiskey drinker who likes variety and isn’t hidebound to a single notion of what “bourbon should taste like,” then I’d love to pour you some whiskeys you probably haven’t had. Ryes and bourbons from distilleries making a 2,000 to 3,000 barr…
In Chuck Cowdery’s early 2022 edition of his quarterly print piece, “The Bourbon Country Reader,” he says MGP should kill off the George Remus brand and find another name for the otherwise good bourbon created for that SKU. Not only was he a successful…
