A couple weeks ago a Black Cadillac Escalade pulled up the drive of Jeptha Bend Farm here in Shelby County Kentucky. It was a Mint Julep Tours car that had arrived to take my wife Vivian and I to the James B. Beam Distilling Company, about an hour drive southwest for their new Clermont
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At first glance, there might be a temptation to argue that The Clonakilty Double Oak Irish Whiskey is actually a Triple. It uses ex-Bourbon, new charred American oak and ex-Red Wine casks. In fact, I wanted to make that argument, but the operative word in that title is Oak. “Triple Wood”… sure, because it uses […]
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I picked up this Limavady Single Barrel Single Malt Irish Whiskey at Trader Joe’s because of the bottle shape: it was so weird. I’d never heard of the brand and almost left it there, but curiosity won out and I picked it up. It wasn’t till I got home I discovered it was imported by […]
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September 6, 2022 – The folks at KO Distilling in Manassas, Virginia created this cocktail using their Bare Knuckle Bourbon, and it sounds like something perfect for a chilly autumn day.
2 ounces of Bare Knuckle Bourbon Whiskey
3/4 ounce lemon ju…
September 6, 2022 – Christine Wiseman of Broken Shaker created this cocktail for Aberfeldy to celebrate National Honey Month. It combines citrus flavors with the honey sweetness found in Aberfeldy 12 Years Old.
1.5 ounces of Aberfeldy 12 Year Old…
What does a bourbon podcast do for its 300th podcast episode ? Well of course we review a Tennessee Whiskey which is technically just a bourbon . There we said it! We recently bumped into the guys from Three Chord Bourbon and they handed us a bottle of their Tennessee straight whiskey . This isn’t
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In the late 1950s, Seagram’s stopped selling Four Roses Bourbon in the USA and instead started selling this: Four Roses Premium American Whiskey (blended). Before Seagram’s bought the brand in 1943, it was one of the best-selling bourbons in America. Why they decided to change it to a rotgut blend in the USA and ship […]
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Smooth Ambler Cask Strength Rye (Founder’s Series) is a cask strength rye distilled by a brand that’s done it right from the beginning. Before their distillery was built, Smooth Ambler sourced whiskey from IN and KY and they didn’t hide it. They knew they were finding good stock and bringing it to market and that […]
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I look forward to releases from Barrell because they rarely disappoint and, spoiler, this Barrell Bourbon Batch 032 carries on that trend. A blend of straight bourbons from Tennessee, Kentucky, and Indiana aged 5, 6, 7, and 10 years it’s basically a blend of the powerhouse whiskey-making states. Maybe that could be the next LE […]
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On a very technical level, the Redemption Cognac Cask Finished Bourbon is not a bourbon. I know, it doesn’t make sense when I say that right? But hang in for a second. The actual technical definition of bourbon does not allow for the use of used cooperage, to be a bourbon it can only ever […]
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