The whiskey of the month for October is the 2024 release of Shenk’s Sour Mash. We selected Shenk’s in a blind tasting of several whiskeys that were stand outs this year. Shenk’s is a Sour Mash Whiskey, which means it… Continue Reading →
The other day, I received three bottles of Hard Truth Rye whiskeys from my friends at Hard Truth Distillery in Brown County, Indiana. They are all sweet mash whiskeys and two of them are finished whiskeys – one of them… Continue Reading →
The Mammoth Cave Bourbon Brand has been revived by the Balance Distilling Company in Smiths Grove, Kentucky. I am always happy to see an old brand revived. This brand was one of the brands United Distillers looked at reviving for… Continue Reading &#…
As long as they have been making whiskey, they have been advertising it for sale in the newspapers and magazines. The early 19th century is when Bourbon was first advertised for sale in a newspaper. The first written record of… Continue Reading →
Old Overholt is a very old brand. According to Mida’s Criteria of Trademark Registration, the brand has been in use since 1812 when A. Overholt founded his distillery in Pennsylvania. The brand became part of National Distillers during Prohibition and….
Owensboro has a rich heritage of distilling in Kentucky. They are known today for the Green River and Glenmore Distilleries, but in the 19th century, they also had the Daviess County Distillery. In 1873, Richard Monarch founded the Daviess County… Co…
Midway Distilling Company started life as Bluegrass Distillers, but when they had a chance to relocate to Midway, Kentucky, they changed their name to honor the pre-Prohibition Midway Distilling Company. This rye whiskey has been fully aged in new char…
The other day Bardstown Bourbon Company sent me a sample bottle of their latest release in their Origin Series – a high wheat Bourbon. This Bourbon had a mash bill of 53% corn, 39% wheat and 8% malted barley. It… Continue Reading →
Back in August 1917, the government passed the Lever Food and Fuel Control Act. This measure was passed, in theory, to control food and fuel during the First World War. It passed with the support of prohibitionists. What the act… Continue Reading …
Back in April of 2024, Steve Akley, the owner of the ABV Bottle Shop, asked me and Rosemary to be part of a group of people that included Maggie Kimberl and Royce and Rebecca Neeley, to select some barrels of… Continue Reading →
