I was recently sent this bottle of 15 Stars Bourbon finished in Vino de Naranja barrels. This whiskey was picked by the company’s founders, Rick and Ricky to celebrate Father’s Day. Vino de Naranja is a sweet white wine which… Continue Reading →…
High n’ Wicked is a bottler of Whiskeys founded by two Brown-Forman senior executives, W.L. Lyons Brown III and Kevin E. Sachs in 2019. They were both in the international division of sales in the 1990’s where they worked at… Continue Reading →…
Matt and I are big fans of Castle & Key Distillery. The distillery has a rich heritage, being once owned by Col. E.H. Taylor, Jr. and then by National Distillers, where Old Taylor Bourbon was one of their flagship brands…. Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago, Milam & Greene had a tasting here in Louisville for their latest release – a Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon. This Bourbon was contract distilled for Milam & Greene at Bardstown Bourbon Company. Back when Milam & Greene was… Cont…
Since the early 1990s, when I started an internship at the Filson Historical Society, I have heard Jim Holmberg call Kentucky “The first American West”. Kentucky is the fifteenth state of the Union and is represented by the fifteenth star… Continue R…
Michter’s recently released this year’s 10 year old Bourbon and I received a bottle from the distillery. As Michter’s always does, the whiskey was aged for flavor and not just age. This whiskey is older than the 10 year old… Continue Reading →…
I recently received a bottle of Blue Run Trifecta Bourbon. This is a fairly expensive whiskey and that is my one complaint about the brand. It has a nice package that looks a lot like a perfume bottle on a… Continue Reading →
Back in 2019, I wrote a blog on the history of age statements. I have been thinking about them lately and I thought I would share a few of my more recent thoughts here today. Age statements about disappeared twenty… Continue Reading →
I have made friends with many great people in the whiskey industry over the past thirty years. Unfortunately, many of them have since passed away. Ova Haney and Al Young from Four Roses, Booker Noe from Jim Beam, Parker Beam… Continue Reading →
The New Riff Distillery, in Northern Kentucky, has been around for eight years now and they have released an eight year old Bourbon that they have distilled. It is a 65% corn, 30% rye, 5% malted barley mash bill and… Continue Reading →
