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Angel’s Envy Is Three Times As Nice With Triple Oak Bourbon

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Angel’s Envy already occupies the top end of many bourbon lovers lists and now they have added a new triple cask-finished version – Angel’s Envy Triple Oak – the first addition to the Angel’s Envy core lineup in more than a decade. Angel’s Envy Triple Oak contains bourbon aged between four and six years, finished […]

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Old Forester Has A Birthday Bourbon

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Old Forester has released a Birthday Bourbon at their Old Forester distillery in Louisville, Kentucky and will be holding a national sweepstakes for the chance to purchase one of the bottles. Old Forester releases Birthday Bourbon every year on September 2 in honor of founder George Garvin Brown’s birthday [though bottles will not be available […]

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Knob Creek Mixes It Up With Bourbon + Rye

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Knob Creek has released a bourbon and rye combination which they have also bottled at a higher proof and calling Knob Creek Bourbon x Rye Kentucky Blended Straight Whiskey. Knob Creek Bourbon x Rye Kentucky Blended Straight Whiskey mixes 70% of their seven-year-old rye and 30% of their nine-year-old bourbon to produce a concoction which […]

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Old Forester Offers 117 Rum Finish Bourbon

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Old Forester has unveiled a limited release from their experimental 117 Series dubbed Old Forester 117 Series: Rum Finish, which was placed in casks that had previously held rum for a minimum of four years, lending it notes of rich tropical fruit and coconut. Old Forester 117 Series: Rum Finish was finished in the aforementioned […]

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Angel’s Envy Has Unfinished Business

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Bacardi-owned Angel’s Envy has some unfinished business – specifically, their newest release, a six-year-old cask strength Bottled-in-Bond bourbon that will be available exclusively at the Angel’s Envy distillery in Louisville, Kentucky. Angel’s Envy Cask Strength Bottled-in-Bond Act is bottled at 50% alcohol by volume [100 proof] – but only after some barrels were filled at […]

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Woodford Reserve Gets Toasty With Bourbon

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Woodford Reserve gets toasty with Woodford Reserve Toasted Bourbon – a bourbon aged in heavily toasted barrels as a result of a distillery mix-up – as part of Woodford Reserve’s Distillery Series. In 2017, double oaked barrels were accidentally delivered to the distillery and filled with new-make bourbon, which received a heavy toast and a […]

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Basil Hayden Unveils Suave Subtle Smoke

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Basil Hayden Bourbon has released Subtle Smoke – actually, re-released, as it was originally released in 2022 with the intention of being a one-time limited release. Basil Hayden Subtle Smoke, as part of the two-part maturing process, spent six months smoldering in secondary barrels that were toasted, slightly charred and infused with hickory smoke, then […]

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Jamie Foxx Brings BSB Back As Brown Sugar Blend

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Actor and musician Jamie Foxx purchased what was then Brown Sugar Bourbon from Washington State-based Heritage Distilling in 2021 and has revamped the recipe and packaging for the bourbon, which is now called Brown Sugar Blend (BSB). Foxx now owns the brand as part of a collaboration with Texas-based spirits incubator Wes Brands. BSB was […]

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Templeton Gets Fortitude

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Iowa-based Templeton Distillery has released a bourbon called Fortitude – their first non-rye whiskey product since opening six years ago in the town of Templeton, Iowa. Templeton Fortitude is produced with a mash bill of 55% corn, 40% rye and 5% malted barley, matured in first-fill American oak barrels, bottled at 46% alcohol by volume […]

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Michter’s 10-Year-Old Gets Delayed Release

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Michter’s distillery is releasing the 2024 batch of their vaunted 10-year-old bourbon after initially withholding its release in 2022 due to low supply and has now released it two years in a row. Michter’s Distillery initially withheld release of the 2022 batch as the distillery managed the low supply stock and released the 10-year-old rye […]

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