By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The Whiskey Reviewer is 11 years old now, so it predates most of the annual limited edition bourbon series currently on the market. So, when something like Blood Oath Pact No. 8 shows up at my house and I hold the bottle in my hand, all I can do is …
Woodford Reserve has released a new limited-edition bottle as part of its annual Distillery Series – Toasted Oak Oat Grain. This new product is made of fully-matured Woodford Reserve Oat Grain Bourbon, which is then finished in a second barrel that has been heavily toasted. The result is a beautiful topaz color liquid that features …
The first batch of Booker’s Bourbon for 2022 is out, and it has been dubbed “Ronnie’s Batch.” The namesake for this release is Ronnie Land, a veteran employee at Jim Beam’s Clermont and Boston, Kentucky facilities. Over his 40 year career at Beam, Land worked his way up to Warehouse Manager. If that doesn’t sound …
Buffalo Trace Has Kept Its Prices Artificially Low For Years. Has It Helped Or Hurt Consumers? By Richard Thomas Although the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection (BTAC) and Pappy Van Winkle have enjoyed such demand that one needed to put their name on a waiting list to get a bottle as far back as 20 years …
The Bourbon industry marked a special homecoming today as Heaven Hill broke ground on a $135 million distillery in Bardstown – with a name paying tribute to the family-owned company’s original distillery that burned in a devastating fire in 1996. Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear joined Heaven Hill President Max Shapira and Master Distiller Conor O’Driscoll …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B- As covered in previous Broken Barrel reviews, the company’s gimmick is stave inserts, which they have trademarked as an “Oak Bill.” This puts a particular twist on the secondary maturation process, commonly referred to as finishing. Whereas conventional finishing involves transferring the whiskey from its original, primary cask to another …
A friend of mine recently told me of a tour he did at the Hayner Distillery in Ohio. He stated that before Prohibition, at the original Hayner Distillery, they heated the warehouse in the winter and during the summer, they… Continue Reading →
Milam & Greene Whiskey is introducing The Castle Hill Series Batch Two, the second release of its limited-edition batch of 13-year-old hand-selected straight bourbon whiskies bottled at barrel proof. The Castle Hill Series celebrates the art of batching well-aged casks, one of the many methods Milam & Greene enlists to create its award-winning range of …
If you’re looking for the best whisky to put in your coffee, you’ve come to the right place. In this article, we’ll discuss the different types of whisky that are perfect for adding to your coffee. We’ll also provide some tips on how to make the perfect whisky-coffee drink. So, whether you’re a beginner or …
By Richard Thomas Rating: A- These last few years have seen Colorado-based Laws Whiskey House build on the age of their bonded whiskeys, year by year. I have enjoyed watching the progression and the results of this so much that I am thinking I need to time a 2023 visit to the Centennial State to …
