A few months after finding the 1981 Old Forester I found this 1975 Old Forester Bonded. I stumbled upon it, tucked away in the back of a liquor store, on a dusty hunt. It was in fantastic condition, but one thing about it stood out immediately: the color. It looked a little darker than some […]
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By Richard Thomas Rating: B Redwood Empire is a distillery in Sonoma County, California’s Russian River Valley, and they draw their name from an old apple company in whose buildings they are operating from. Running with their namesake, the distillery follows a theme of naming their whiskeys after prominent trees, and they also pledge to …
By Andrew Graham Rating: B The drawing on the label of a new expression from The Balvenie, dubbed The Sweet Toast of American Oak, says it all. The drawing is of a barrel, and it’s there because this whisky is all about the wood. Here’s the basic story behind this expression: It’s 12-year old Balvenie …
Heaven Hill’s highly anticipated annual fall limited release of Parker’s Heritage Collection is back and continues the recent series of heavy char barrel strength whiskey. For 2021—the fifteenth edition—Parker’s Heritage Collection is an 11-year Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey. I was a huge fan of…
By Richard Thomas Rating: A- I was abroad visiting my son not too long ago, and found myself looking at the contents of a quite modestly equipped hotel bar, choosing the Jack Daniel’s. Part of the reason why is because it had been years since a pour of Old No. 7 had passed my lips, …
I found this 1981 Old Forester Kentucky Straight Bourbon on a dusty hunt 5+ years ago. When I got home I checked the bottom for a glass date code and saw an 81. It immediately went to a specific shelf in my whiskey bunker. A shelf with a set expiration date. On this shelf it […]
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I was digging through a shelf of “to review” whiskeys and found this open bottle of Gambler 500 Whiskey sitting in the back. I don’t remember where it came from, likely a tasting, but looking on the back and seeing the infamous “produced and bottled by” I knew I had to grab it and dig […]
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Do you ever visit Hilton Head? If so, you have to stop by Burnt Church Distillery and grab yourself a bottle of Johnny Fever Bourbon . Big Chief had a chance to visit this craft distillery in Bluffton, South Carolina and can attest to it’s beauty. This bourbon whiskey was actually contract distilled by
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By Richard Thomas Rating: B Kentucky Owl dates its brand identity back to 1879, and was one of many Bardstown distilleries that were shuttered by Prohibition, never to reopen. The brand was revived in 2014, in the middle of the Bourbon Boom, and fast gained a reputation for producing excellent one-time releases based on well-sourced, …
SIA Blended Scotch is a product of passion. It started as an idea for the founder Carin who spent years working on her blend to bring it to market. It isn’t a product of any of the major houses, nor is it a side project of an Independent Bottler. The closest I could relate its […]
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