An updated look and a, somewhat, updated whiskey: Uncle Nearest 1884 Small Batch Whiskey is no longer sourced from TDG (and/or Dickel), but distilled completely by the Uncle Nearest team… with some help from the folks at TDG (Tennessee Distiller’s Group) where they’ve been contract distilling and aging since 2017. When I visited the distillery […]
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New UK-based White Peak Distillery has released their newest single malt whisky entitled Wire Works Whisky Small Batch. Wire Works Whisky Small Batch is a lightly peated single malt emanating from maturing in ex-bourbon barrels, bottled at 46.2% alcohol by volume [92.4 proof] and is said to contain notes of fruit, nutmeg and vanilla. Only […]
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 …
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 …
Over four years in the making, Castle & Key Distillery is proud to announce the launch of its Small Batch Bourbon Whiskey Batch #1, the first-ever bourbon to be released by the Castle & Key team since restoring the Old Taylor Distillery in 2014. Batch #1 will be available starting on March 26th at Castle …
By Douglas Faser Rating: B+ Bib & Tucker is a 19th Century term used for one’s best clothes. In modern times, this language is not really used, but Deutsch Family Spirits has brought it back as the name of their small batch bourbon line. Bib & Tucker is a sourced, six year old Tennessee-made bourbon. …
Earlier this fall, Bluegrass Distillers in Lexington (www.bluegrassdistillers.com), released the first ever Kentucky Blue Corn Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon. Bluegrass Distillers is the only Kentucky distillery that produces a wheated bourbon with 100% blue corn, a non-GMO corn grown locally in Central Kentucky. Distilling a mash…
Evan Williams is insanely popular worldwide, and now Heaven Hill has released a newly-redesigned 1783 Small Batch, along with a bump in proof. The name 1783 comes from the year Evan Williams first opened his distillery on the Ohio River in Louisville, when Kentucky…
This Evan Williams 1783 Small Batch is the updated release of the original 1783. Sporting both a new bottle and a new, higher, proof, this is a surprising change. When I heard it was getting revamped, I thought it would be going from 43% to 40% and get some ugly, ultra-modern design. Instead, we got […]
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Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition is routinely one of the most anticipated limited edition bourbons in the September release season because Four Roses has so much flexibility with its ten recipes and variety of ages, so it’s always unique. This year I tasted…
