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J.W. Dant is the $15 Bottle You Need to Build Your Bourbon Bunker

Imagine arriving in Bardstown on your first trip to the Bourbon Trail, with your eyes peeled for rare finds like King of Kentucky that just don’t seem to make it to shelves in your city. You head off the beaten path, asking clerks at liquor stores on country roads if they happen to have any […]

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What Happens When a Whiskey Taster Loses Their Senses to Covid?

Like millions of Americans, I tested positive for Covid over the holidays. Like about 40% of them, I eventually lost my taste and smell. Unlike about 99% of them, I depend on those senses for my livelihood.  As an editor for The Bourbon Review and the whiskey historian for Justins’ House of Bourbon, I spend a decent […]

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The 2021 Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batches: Ranked and Explained

2021 Elijah Craig Barrel Proof BatchesWelcome to another year of putting the three batches of Elijah Craig Barrel Proof into a steel cage, three-way wrestling match and seeing who emerges victorious. When I wrote my 2020 Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Collection review, I was sweating. It had nothing to do with criticism over my opinions—all of those were correct. I […]

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