This is the latest expression from Dad’s Hat. It was made using Rosen Rye and distilled at a lower proof and barreled at a lower proof. It is an excellent rye. It reminded Matt and me of two of our… Continue Reading →
Yellowstone Recollection is an excellent Bourbon bottled at 110 proof and is eight years old. Even better, it has a reasonable price of about $65.00. Matt and I first tasted this whiskey at a Yellowstone Bourbon Dinner at Fork &… Continue Reading…
There was a long relationship between Edmond Haynes Taylor and Edward Pepper. Taylor started in the whiskey industry after the American Civil War with a partnership in Gaines, Berry and Company, the company that owned the Old Crow brand. About… Conti…
I am a cigar and pipe smoker. I enjoy a good cigar with a drink of whiskey. I decided to look at a couple of questions about cigar blend whiskeys. The first is what makes a cigar blend whiskey? Cigar… Continue Reading →
I have already reviewed the Trackside Bourbon, but that was the first version of the whiskey. What we are reviewing here is a second expression with a railroad trackside image on the label. This image is the only difference in… Continue Reading →
I look forward to High West Distillery’s annual release of A Midwinter Night’s Dram. It is always an excellent whiskey. This year it is a rye whiskey finished in Port Wine casks. The whiskey is only bottled by High West… Continue Reading →
I personally like autumn. I love the warm days and cool nights. I like sitting by the fire pit at night with some friends and a good cocktail and a cigar. I thought I would write about some cocktails with… Continue Reading →
Liar’s Bench is a single barrel, barrel proof rye whiskey from Bear Wallow Distillery near Nashville, Indiana. This rye whiskey has a mash bill of 55% rye, 35% corn and 10% malted barley. It is aged in barrels from Kelvin… Continue Reading →
I have picked this bar tray because it represents an interesting period in whiskey history. The bar tray is from the 1960s, a period where the whiskey industry was in decline. There was an over production problem. This is also… Continue Reading →
I have a friend who used to proclaim that he did not like wheat recipe Bourbon until I set up a blind tasting between a 20 year old Pappy Van Winkle Bourbon and a 20 year old Redhook Rye. He… Continue Reading →
