Blade and Bow has lifted the curtain on a 30 Year Old Cask Strength Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, the second expression in its distinguished 30-Year-Old collection. Following the 2025 debut of Blade and Bow 30-Year-Old Limited Release Bourbon, this exceptionally rare offering presents the same extraordinary whiskey at its natural barrel strength of 164.2 proof …
Barrell Craft Spirits (BCS), a fan favorite neogciant since 2013, has introduced its Black Label Series 22 Year Old Sweet Peat Whiskey, a blend of Canadian and Scotch whiskies and finished in toasted Jamaican Rum and Islay Casks in Kentucky at 142.34 proof (71.17% ABV). Barrell Sweet Peat whiskey reveals a different side of peat, where …
Barton 1792 Distillery has annouced the introduction of 1792 Wheated Full Proof Bourbon, a new 125-proof expression that brings together the sweet, soft character of a wheated bourbon balanced with the bold flavor of full proof – matching the whiskey’s original entry proof to the barrel. 1792 Wheated Full Proof builds on the foundation of …
Thirty years after the 1996 fire at Old Heaven Hill Springs Distillery, Heaven Hill Distillery today introduced Heaven Hill Phoenix, a limited-edition, one-time 18-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey commemorating a defining moment in the brand’s history. On November 7, 1996, lightning is believed to have sparked a fire at Heaven Hill’s original Bardstown distillery. Wind-driven …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ The new Midwinter Night’s Dram is out from Utah’s High West Distillery, a company I only just published an interview with. This fan-favorite expression is defined by its multi-sourcing for the whiskeys in the bottle and its broad use of cask finishes. Introduced in 2013 as a spin-off of Rendezvous …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Michter’s Distillery has hit the trifecta with their rye whiskeys placed above their US*1 Rye (which isn’t to say that is not a worthy expression in its own right). Their Barrel Strength Rye is popular and a particular favorite of our Deputy Editor, Kurt Maitland. Michter’s 10 Year Old Rye …
15 STARS is expanding its First West collection with the debut of First West Cigar Blend, a limited-release expression crafted with both cigar and bourbon enthusiasts in mind. Bringing together high-aged straight bourbons and distinctive finishing casks, the bold blend is designed to complement a cigar or savor on its own. First West Cigar Blend …
When Kentucky Senator Bourbon sought to create a private-barrel Thoroughbred Legacy Series, the small-batch bourbon reached for the stars for the inaugural subject: D.J. Stable’s champion filly Nitrogen. The 113-proof bourbon — selected and bottled by Potter Jane Distilling Company of Springfield, Ky., for Kentucky Senator Spirits — commemorates the multiple champion favored for the …
Some of the hardest workers in modern manufacturing are far too small to see. They don’t clock in, they don’t take breaks, and they’ll happily munch on sugar around the clock. They’re microorganisms, and they’ve been making useful things for thousands of years. Yeast turns grain into beer and dough into bread. Bacteria transform milk …
When it comes to whiskey on camera, it’s all in the details. They check the label and observe the settling in the glass and then estimate the space in which the tasting will be held. If anything from that looks blurry, the video takes away some of its ‘sizzle’. Tasting rooms are usually dark and …
