I dig the look and overall design of the Cedar Ridge Double Barrel Bourbon bottle (not pictured) but when it comes to the actual concept of the whiskey… not so much. I think the whole double barrel thing, for the most part, is a giant waste of resources. It’s a fad that needs to die […]
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This is an elegant and well-mannered whiskey; balanced, velvet soft, delicately honeyed while delivering a bit of spice across the palate. Easy, easy sipping that deserves some classy nibbles (think caviar and smoked salmon). The brand says this was fi…
Cedar Ridge Bottled In Bond Rye is an annual release from the distillery that comes out in July. It doesn’t say on the bottle which season it encompasses, but being a regular summer release I would imagine this is distilled in the fall after the grain harvest and bottled in the spring four+ years later. […]
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Welcome to the February 2022 Columbus Bourbon recap. As always, A big thank you to all my readers! New this year… like ColumbusBourbon on Facebook!Mark (left) with Ms. Fiona and Baby LeoThis month I posted 7 articles. The site saw 10300+ page-views, …
Dublin-based Irish whiskey producer Teeling has released the fifth and final addition to their limited edition Renaissance series – which was launched in 2019. The fifth Teeling Renaissance is an 18-year-old single malt Irish whiskey matured in ex-bourbon barrels for more than 12 years, then aged for more than six years in ex-Calvados casks before […]
In the past couple of years, the way American whiskey is being sold has seen some changes. There are more people getting into the business and as they do, they look for ways to make their business unique and appealing… Continue Reading →
Brenne ‘Ten’ (48%, OB, France, +/-2021)Teerenpeli ‘Kaski’ (43%, OB, Finland, sherry casks, 2021)Masthouse 2017/2020 ‘Single Malt’ (45%, OB, Copper Rivet Distillery, England, 2000 bottles)Cooley 18 yo (58.16%, W.D. O’Connell, Ireland, PX series, cask #1…
Today, Glendalough Distillery has announced the launch of a 7-year-old Irish single malt aged in very rare Japanese Mizunara casks sourced from the island of Hokkaido, Japan. A relentless search for the most flavorful oak in the world took them from their own wooded mountains in Wicklow to those in the volcanic north of Japan, …
We’ve hit quite a few classic American Whiskey cocktails already, so I thought it would be nice if we turned our cocktail shakers towards classic Scotch cocktails for a bit and nothing is more classic than the Rob Roy. Created in 1894 at the Waldorf Astoria in NYC as a tribute to an opera of […]
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Tickets for this year’s Spirit of Speyside Festival go on sale next Monday (March 7), and festival organizers are hoping for a return to normal after two years of pandemic-caused cancellations and postponements. We’ll talk with the festival’s new volunteer chairman, George McNeil, about plans to hold a traditional Spirit of Speyside Festival from April 27 through May 2, along with some of the changes planned for this year’s event. In the news, we’ll look at the Ukraine invasion’s impact on the whisky business, along with more details on plans for a new Campbeltown distillery. Links: Spirit of Speyside Festival Read More »
