Woodford Reserve has released the fall 2024 Master’s Collection release – Madeira Cask Finish. This bottling features Woodford Reserve Whiskey that was finished in Madeira casks and blended with wheat whiskey. Madeira Cask Finish marks the 20th release in Woodford Reserve’s Master’s Collection. “Madeira Cask Finish is a tremendous way to celebrate 20 years of …
By Richard Thomas Among bourbon nerds, Jeptha Creed Distillery is best known as the craft-scale farm distillery that was an early revivalist of the Bloody Butcher strain of corn. The distillery is built around the Nethery family’s farm properties in Shelbyville, and since part of the problem with using exotic grain varietals is persuading a …
Tennessee’s Uncle Nearest has announced the release of a more mass market-oriented whiskey to supplement their existing offerings, all of which are better described as premium: Nearest Green Tennessee Whiskey. While Uncle Nearest’s current premium whiskeys boast proof points starting at 93, Nearest Green Tennessee Whiskey was crafted by rafted by four-time Master Blender of …
By Richard Thomas At the end of 2020 and in the midst of the Pandemic, the US Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) announced that they would alter regulations allowing for the sale of spirits in 700ml bottles in the United States. For decades prior, the US had a singular requirement for the …
Brother’s Bond Bourbon, founded by actors, real-life friends, and now whiskey makers, Ian Somerhalder and Paul Wesley, has announced the release of its newest expression, Brother’s Bond 7-Year Old Bottled In Bond Straight Bourbon Whiskey. “The Bottled in Bond Act of 1897 was one of the first consumer protection laws in the United States–it allowed …
By Doug Fraser Rating: A- Four Branches Founders Blend Bourbon is the result of a culmination of four prior US service members from the four major branches of the US Military (i.e. not the Space Force). The bourbon represents those four branches–Army, Air Force, Marines, Navy–with the intent to be enjoyed by all while still …
A relative newcomer to the Autumn American Whiskey Season, when most of the eagerly anticipated annual releases in bourbon and rye come out, is Knob Creek 18 Year Old. This ultra-aged expression of Knob Creek (and thus Jim Beam) bourbon was first introduced in 2022. Aged for twice as long as the standard Knob Creek …
By Richard Thomas Rating: A For any brand that is revived and reintroduced during my career as a food, drinks and travel writer, I’m always amazed when the lot count reaches several or (especially) a double digit number. Inevitably I find myself thinking “Has that newcomer really been around that long? Is it actually a …
Heaven Hill Brands today announced the rebranding of the Elijah Craig Speakeasy at the KFC Yum! Center located on the Club Level of the facility as a continuation of its long-standing relationship with the Louisville Arena Sports and Entertainment Properties (LASEP). The space previously housed the Evan Williams Bourbon Bar, in place since the Yum! …
Six years ago, Barrel Craft Spirits released a 15 year old, gray-labeled bourbon, continuing its practice of skillfully sourced and blended, one-shot, cask strength whiskey releases. What we were not told at the time was that they set some of that batch aside for further aging in toasted barrels, with an eye on a prolonged …
