I found this book very interesting. The book covers the history of Blanton’s Single Barrel Bourbon and its expressions through its history. There is an excellent Foreword by David Jennings, the author of American Spirit: Wild Turkey Bourbon From Ripy…..
Michter’s Distillery releases the Bomberger’s Bourbon about once every year. This is the 2024 release. It is aged in barrels that have had their staves air dried and seasoned for 36 months and some of the barrels were made using… Continue Readi…
Sweet mash whiskey is not a new thing. Catherine Carpenter gives a recipe for making sweet mash whiskey back in the early 1800s. It was not as popular in the 19th century as sour mash whiskey because it is much… Continue Reading →
Back in the 1970s and 80s, decanters were a way to sell whiskey when whiskey sales were on a decline. Michter’s Distillery in Pennsylvania took advantage of the Egyptian craze sweeping the nation in the late 1970s to early 1980s…. Continue Reading &#…
Baby Jane Bourbon is bottled at the Widow Jane Distillery in Brooklyn, New York. It was originally Bourbon made at the distillery and bottled at a young age of one or two years old and sold only in New York…. Continue Reading →
This month’s BARDS (Bourbon And Rye Drinkers Society) meeting was hosted by Carlene Slucher and her husband John. She arranged for the meeting to be at the Beam Distillery in Clermont, Kentucky with a tour of the Fred B. Noe… Continue Reading →
I first met Jack Shute, the distiller at Oaklore Distilling in 2022 when I was in North Carolina. I tasted his whiskey then, when it was still only about two years old, and I liked what I tasted. He contacted… Continue Reading →
Resurgens Rye is a product of the ASW Distillery in Atlanta, Georgia. They use a mash bill of 100% malted rye, including 4% chocolate malted rye. It is double distilled in pot stills. It is barreled in 30 and 53… Continue Reading →
This whiskey bottled by 15 Stars of Bardstown, Kentucky, was finished in three different barrels. There was a cognac barrel, a rum barrel and an apple brandy barrel used in the finishing of this whiskey. It is a marriage of… Continue Reading →
Matt and I pick our Whiskey of the Month from the whiskeys that we taste each month. Once again, Michter’s has won this honor. The Ten Year Old Rye is an excellent whiskey and beat out Maker’s Mark The Heart… Continue Reading →
