The 2017 Birthday Bourbon from the folks at Old Forester was barreled on May 25th 2005 and was bottled in 2017 after 12 years of aging in the barrel.  The 2017 Birthday Bourbon does not disappoint, it is a smooth and balanced pour. The nose has some nice burnt orange notes that mix perfectly […]

Parker’s Heritage is always a nice treat to find on your local liquor store shelf so I was excited to pick up this bottle of bourbon finished in orange curaçao barrels.  The blender takes 7 to 8 year old bourbon and finishes them for 4 months in barrels that previously held French orange curaçao liquor.  […]

  You shouldn’t have to drive all across Kentucky to find good, affordable bourbon.  Production of bourbon is at its highest levels of all time but so is the demand for bourbon.  Much of that demand growth is in the US but people all over the world now desire to get their hands on good […]

  Buffalo Trace gave their brand Weller a new lo for their their Weller 12 Year, Weller Antique 107 and Weller Special Reserve.  You can see the old versions here for Weller 12 Year, Weller Antique 107 and Weller Special Reserve.  I hadn’t stumbled upon these in some time and now I am seeing them […]

  Old Forester makes some icious bourbon.  In particular, their annual Birthday Bourbon is usually a great bottle of bourbon.  Here are the reviews for the 2014, 2015 and 2016  Birthday Bourbons, so make sure you check them out. So when I saw this bottle of Old Forester Single Barrel on the self, I had to give it […]

The Knob Creek, Cask Strength Rye is a 2018 Limited Release.  This particular bottle is 59.8% ABV and was stored in warehouse ‘A’.  Distilled and bottled by the folks at Jim Beam, this is one nice sipping rye. The nose is sweet with vanilla notes but if you breath deep you will find the spice […]

This specific bottle was bottled on 4/24/15 from barrel no 453; in Warehouse H and Rick no 24 at 93 proof.  Blanton’s is the ‘The original single barrel bourbon whiskey’; which many distillery’s are just now producing today as consumer demand for single barrel products increases. The nose on this bourbon is sweet and corny.  […]

  We the Parker’s Heritage Collection (PHC) and this Single Barrel bottle doesn’t disappoint.  Parker Beam began working at the Heaven Hill Distillery in 1960.  These bottles support the ALS Foundation in memory of Parker Beam who was diagnosed with ALS in 2010 and passed away seven years later. This particular bottle is from barrel number […]

  This particular bottle is from barrel number 17-575 and was bottled on August 28th, 2017.  While it is a single barrel origin, it isn’t bottled at barrel proof, this bottle is 94 proof. The nose is familiar, a little fruiter and brighter than your usually bottle of Jack Daniel’s.  The taste is spicy with […]

Cooper’s Craft bourbon is made by Brown-Forman, the same people that make some of our favorite bourbons like, Old Forester.  It is the companies first new bourbon in nearly twenty years. The nose has some grassy, corn qualities with hints of toasted wood.  The taste is smooth and easy drinking with a nice mix of […]

  As the weather gets colder my thoughts of Bourbon turn to thoughts of Rye.  Distilled much like Bourbon, except the corn is swapped out for rye, in this case 70% rye.  That rye, yes the same rye that you find in your rye bread, adds a nice warm, spicy flavor making it the […]

September 10th marks the 10th anniversary of National Bourbon Heritage Month, passed by the U.S. Senate in 2007.  Commemorate the day with your favorite pour or do what we did and try something new – I.W. Harper. The nose is rich with caramelized fruits and vanilla.  The taste is not as rich as the aroma […]

  Bulleit makes a solid bourbon so I was intrigued when I ran across their new barrel strength product.  This bottle is from Batch No. 2 and is bottled at 119 proof.  It packs some hot heat with that high alcohol level and 28% Rye mash bill but rounds itself out with a smooth taste. The […]

It is not a misspelling of coffee, it is Coffey, the still in which this whisky is distilled.  Created with a 95% corn mashbill this would be a bourbon if it were distilled in the U.S.A but labeled as a whisky as it is distilled in Japan.  This particular version from Nikka, the Nikka Coffey […]

  You will hear people say that they don’t make bourbon like they used to.  Take a few sips of this Four Roses from the 1970’s and you will not believe you are drinking a $20 bottle of bourbon.  This particular variety would have been their straight off the shelf variety, aged for 6 years, […]

For the first time Four Roses Bourbon released Elliott’s Select bourbon, a rare Single Barrel bourbon. The bourbon will be Brent Elliott’s first limited edition release as the master distiller.  Brent Elliott became master distiller in September 2015 and hand-selected the 14-year-old OESK, one of the 10 unique Four Rose’s bourbons.  Bottled at barrel strength this particular […]

The 2016 Old Forester Birthday Bourbon is bottled from 93 barrels distilled on July 4th, 2004. The master distiller of Brown-Forman, Chris Morris, hand-picked the barrels with Old Forester brand representative Jackie Zykan.  Ultimately a little over 14,000 bottles were aged for 12 years and bottled at 48.5% abv. The nose is very icate with spicy and […]

The first ever rye produced by Boer’s also comes from some of the last barrels filled by the late, great, distiller Boer Noe.  the label is a note from his son, Fred Noe, explaining how his farther always liked the challenge of rye grains and laid these barrels in his favorite rackhouse.  It is aged […]

Knob Creek 2001 is one of the last batches of bourbon barreled by the late, great Jim Beam distiller – Boer Noe.  His son, Fred Noe, discovered the barrels labeled 2001 after his father passed away.  The results is a really easy drinking bourbon that will keep you coming back for . The tasting notes […]

David Phinney who is a part of the Splinter Group that distills Slaughter House, is also the winemaker at Orin Swift Cellars.  Orin Swift and team continue to produce some amazing wines like Abstract and Machete, needless to say we think they have great taste. Slaughter House is aged 9 years in American Oak and then […]

High West to their Double Rye product and added it to barrels that had been used to age both Vermouth and Syrah.  The creation is a blend of Rye Whiskeys that High West hopes make you say ‘Yippee Ki-Yay’, like the cowboy on the bottle. The bottle I sampled was Batch No. 2.  The nose […]

Trail’s End secures eight year old juice from Kentucky and ages the Bourbon Whiskey with Oregon Oak staves.  This particular bottle is from Batch No 002 and is 45% abv. The nose is fragrant with sweet, orange notes.  The taste is smooth and sweet up front with some spicy rye hints.  The finish is long […]

A bottle of Smooth Ambler Contradiction is exactly that, a huge contradiction.  A mix of a wheated bourbon and a spicier bourbon with a heavier rye mash bill; 27 percent of the bottle was aged 2 years while the remaining 73 percent was aged 9 years.  Despite what might lo like odd pairings the end result […]

There is no question that the folks at Rogue know how to brew some of the best beers in the world.  Check out a few of the best beers by Rogue Ales & Spirits. Over the past few years they have also ramped up their production of different types of spirits.  The Oregon Rye Whiskey […]