Bourbon

Heaven Hill 17 Year Old Heritage Collection Bourbon Review

By Richard Thomas Rating: A Whenever a new annual limited edition series gets started, I cross my fingers and hope the list of hard-to-get bottles has finally reached critical mass. It’s a dream of mine: that someday soon, there will be so many of these expressions out there that demand will break and one might …

Boone County Distilling Co Review

Boone County Distilling Co has a unique niche in the continuously expanding Kentucky bourbon market; its products are “Made By Ghosts.” This ominous sounding tag line in reality is the company’s homage to those now little known nineteenth century characters in Boone County, Kentucky, who forged an enormous distilling pathway.

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Jim Beam Bourbon Review

Jim Beam Bourbon, probably more commonly known as Jim Beam White Label, is Beam’s flagship product. According to data compiled by The Spirits Business, in 2020, the Jim Beam brand was the number one selling bourbon in the world, and good ‘ol Jim Beam White Label made up the majority of those sales. You may be wondering why Jim Beam Bourbon is so popular? That’s a fair question, so let’s take a closer look.

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Russell’s Reserve 10-Year (2022)

Some things you can always count on – a fresh-brewed cup of coffee in the morning, an ice-cold glass of lemonade on a summer’s afternoon, and the tried and true well-aged profile of Russell’s Reserve 10-Year. But then, maybe one of those, not so …

Kentucky Bourbon Festival Tickets Now On Sale

Kentucky Bourbon Festival organizers announced tickets for the 2022 festival will go on sale to the public May 11, 2022. The festival brings bourbon lovers to Bardstown, Kentucky, the Bourbon Capital of the World, to celebrate the spirited history and crafting of bourbon during National Bourbon Heritage Month. The Kentucky Bourbon Festival returns for its 31st year …

Black Button Pre-Prohibition Bourbon Review (Batch #3)

By Richard Thomas Rating: B- Rochester’s Black Button Distilling has a foot in two different camps when it comes to bourbon. One foot is in the craft sector, where they have released a flagship four grain bourbon. The other harkens back to a older and more traditional time, when New York was one of the …

Top 10 Bourbons For Under $30

By Richard Thomas My first round-up of bargain bourbons was in 2016, and how things have changed since then. That was before the Trump trade war rocked commodity markets and started the supply chain disruption; before pandemia sparked a run on the liquor store and disrupted world logistics even more; long before shortages and recovery …

Lost Lantern Smooth Ambler Single Cask Bourbon Review (Cask #7, Winter 2021)

By Richard Thomas Rating: B West Virginia’s Smooth Ambler became a fan favorite from the start, establishing a reputation for transparency early on. The company was one of the first to ply the now well-trodden path of starting a whiskey business as a bottler of sourced stock, build a brand, and then transition into becoming …

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