By Richard Thomas Rating: Something I’ve touched on before is what I think of as a Bourbon 201 lesson: all cask strength whiskeys offer a similar degree of variation as a single barrel release. While a single barrel release might come from a prized “butter barrel,” for the most part they sit within a range …
Blue Run Spirits is taking the wraps off its first Private Barrel Program – and it is unlike anything the whiskey industry has seen before. Developed by Trey Wade, Blue Run’s Chief Experience Curator, the program features elements similar to the most exciting aspects in collegiate and professional sports. Officially dubbed “CHOSEN,” the program is …
There’s little doubt that changing customer habits and technology have impacted how companies sell themselves to gain new brand champions. The alcohol business, in particular, emphasizes emotional reactions to its goods rather than traditional sales or advertising strategies. Crowdtap’s latest study looks into why customers prefer one liquor brand over another. The information obtained from …
Royal Wine Corp has released Boondocks 18 Year Old Straight Bourbon Whiskey (MSRP $279.99), the latest in Boondocks’ Signature Series Collection. This cask-strength bourbon will have a limited production of just 1,620 bottles, each individually numbered. Like all of Boondocks’ premium whiskeys, ryes, and bourbons, this limited edition is created by the legendary master distiller …
By Randall H. Borkus Rating: A Fall 2022 Widow Jane Distillery launched the fourth installment in their aged whiskey series, “The Vaults,” this time (officially stated as) aged 14 years from a blend of bourbons ranging from 14 years up to 19 years old, selected and set aside in Widow Jane’s Red Hook, Brooklyn rickhouse …
By Richard Thomas For those of us who live in the Bluegrass and regularly make the trip between Lexington and Louisville, the billboards telling travelers to stop in at either the Lexington or Louisville location of Justins’ House of Bourbon is a familiar sight. Billed as Kentucky’s premier bourbon shop, these stores have become a …
Woodford Reserve has released its highly-anticipated expression of Double Double Oaked Bourbon for 2023, part of an annual series that celebrates Master Distiller Chris Morris’ commitment to innovation and craftsmanship. The product will be available at Woodford Reserve Distillery starting 10:00 AM EDT, Wednesday, January 18, 2023. Customers are limited to two 375ml bottles. “We …
Bourbon distiller Four Roses and OSMO Salt, purveyors of premium, chef-selected salt, debuts the latter’s first-ever spirit-infused flavor: OSMO x Four Roses Toasted Vanilla Bourbon Salt. The first-ever co-branded culinary product from Four Roses, the salt was created for cocktail enthusiasts for rimming bourbon drinks and for home chefs for adding a robust yet sweet …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B Even though Nelson’s Greenbrier Distillery of Nashville has released it’s own fully developed, flagship in-house whiskey, that doesn’t mean they have abandoned the idea of sourced whiskey. Far from it. Not only does their starting, sourced brand of Belle Meade endure, the company added a new sourced brand to the …
By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Ever since Barrell Craft Spirits added Barrell Bourbon New Year to their line-up, some of my colleagues have made a point of posting a write up of the whiskey on New Year’s Day. Well, it’s still the first week of the new year, so I do not feel as if …
