Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey; No Age Statement; 45% ABV; $17 (375ml)Nose: Smells like a typical middle aged bourbon only with a jolt of extra spice. A little bit of wood, a little bit of sweet, and a lot of menthol/eucalyptus/cinnamon notes. …
Here today is Four Roses first new product in 12 years. It is a blend of V, K, and F yeasts across both their high rye and higher rye mashbills. As a Four Roses fanboy who loves the K and V recipes and has had some success with F, I was personally very…
George Dickel is a very polarizing product amongst whiskey enthusiasts because as many folks will tell you, it has an incredibly distinct taste and smell that most people liken to vitamins. Open the seal on fresh bottle of multivitamins and smell it – …
Here today we have Jim Beam’s flagship premium small batch bourbon. For the longest time it used to carry a 9 year age statement however a couple years or so ago it was removed. In an interesting recent twist however it was just announced that Beam wou…
The state of American whiskey in 2019 is a weird place. The demand for allocated bottles has been in a fever pitch and seems to have no end in sight. Even worse, the list of whiskeys that are now considered allocated has become a sad state of affairs. …
Like most folks who are serious about bourbon, I’m a huge Four Roses fan. I’ve never had a limited product from them that wasn’t good though not all of them are grand slams. Granted, they were a lot better bargain just a few years ago when they retaile…
I’ve covered L’Encantada offerings several times now. For those that don’t know, these are all the rage in the Armagnac world at the moment which was kicked off by some truly exceptional single casks selected by one specific Brandy group a couple …
I’ve covered a 2014 version of Michter’s 10 Year Single Barrel a couple of times before which you can here and here. The TL;DR is that they are surprisingly good bourbons. I’ve been skeptical how long the quality would hold up because at…
I’m not the biggest fan of Brown-Forman whiskeys. Out of about ten vintages of Birthday Bourbon I’ve tried, I’ve yet to have one that didn’t make me want to gag from bitter varnish notes. As for their non limited edition releases, I find a common banan…
