I really like the Bourbons that Thomas Thacker is making at the Southern Grace Distillery in Mt. Pleasant, North Carolina. He sent me this bottle several months ago and Matt and I sat down to taste it and we really… Continue Reading →
I have liked the Widow Jane products ever since Lisa Roper Wicker became their Master Distiller and Blender. Lisa has since left the distillery and Heaven Hill has purchased the distillery, but Lisa’s influence is still there. They are putting… Conti…
Recently, my niece and nephew took a trip to Japan. They asked before they went “What Bourbons would you like for us to bring home?” I immediately said the Four Roses Black Label. I love this whiskey. My friend Al… Continue Reading →
Cyrus Noble is an old brand that has been revived. According to the Midas Criteria Registration of Trademarks, the brand dates back to 1863 when Freiberg & Workum of Cincinnati created Cyrus Noble Rye. Sometime later the brand passed to… Continue…
The whiskey of the month for October is the 2024 release of Shenk’s Sour Mash. We selected Shenk’s in a blind tasting of several whiskeys that were stand outs this year. Shenk’s is a Sour Mash Whiskey, which means it… Continue Reading →
The other day, I received three bottles of Hard Truth Rye whiskeys from my friends at Hard Truth Distillery in Brown County, Indiana. They are all sweet mash whiskeys and two of them are finished whiskeys – one of them… Continue Reading →
Old Overholt is a very old brand. According to Mida’s Criteria of Trademark Registration, the brand has been in use since 1812 when A. Overholt founded his distillery in Pennsylvania. The brand became part of National Distillers during Prohibition and….
Midway Distilling Company started life as Bluegrass Distillers, but when they had a chance to relocate to Midway, Kentucky, they changed their name to honor the pre-Prohibition Midway Distilling Company. This rye whiskey has been fully aged in new char…
The other day Bardstown Bourbon Company sent me a sample bottle of their latest release in their Origin Series – a high wheat Bourbon. This Bourbon had a mash bill of 53% corn, 39% wheat and 8% malted barley. It… Continue Reading →
Back in April of 2024, Steve Akley, the owner of the ABV Bottle Shop, asked me and Rosemary to be part of a group of people that included Maggie Kimberl and Royce and Rebecca Neeley, to select some barrels of… Continue Reading →
