By Richard Thomas Rating: A I just finished the manuscript on a new book about Buffalo Trace, and a feature of Buffalo Trace nerdom is knowing all the details of their esoteric collection of warehouses found on their main property. The immediate climate for these buildings are all the same, but they come in so …
Ardnahoe Distillery, the newest distillery on Islay, is launching its third core release, a Cask Strength Edition. A 5 year old single malt, the current version of Ardnahoe Cask Strength Edition is bottled at 60.9% ABV. The whisky is drawn entirely from spirit matured in first-fill bourbon barrels. It goes on sale on Thursday 30th October. …
Buffalo Trace Distillery has marked the 25th installment of its Buffalo Trace Antique Collection (BTAC) with its first new addition since the BTAC line-up solidified almost two decades ago: Colonel E.H. Taylor Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon. Introduced in 2000, BTAC honors Buffalo Trace Distillery’s historic whiskey brands and the visionaries behind them, offering enthusiasts some of the …
By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Baltimore’s Sagamore Spirits has unveiled their oldest expression to date in a limited edition offering in their Reserve Series: a sourced 10 year old rye. The whiskey in question must have been drawn from the sourced stocks acquired by the company prior to the opening of their distillery, because while …
Earlier this week, Woodford Reserve announced it was releasing a Barrel Strength Rye. To craft this new expression, Master Distiller Elizabeth McCall used the house mash bill of 53% rye, the same as Woodford Reserve Rye, but bottled it at the strength of the collective batch of barrels: 125.1 proof. “Barrel Strength Rye honors the …
The latest batch of Booker’s is named for the only master distiller of the Jim Beam Distillery to not be a member of the extended Beam family: Jerry Dalton. Booker and Fred Noe first met Jerry when he moved into the house behind theirs and he took a job at a local distillery as a …
For the first time ever, Heaven Hill has released a barrel proof version of Elijah Craig Rye. The new bottling has been labeled Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Rye Batch A925, marking it as a regular brand extension and not a one-shot release. Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Rye (ECBP Rye) has a proof of 108 and …
Heaven Hill has announced the release of the 2025 installment of their Grain To Glass series, which focuses of the farms from which the grain is grown. This year’s whiskey is a wheated bourbon, featuring a mashbill with a higher secondary (flavoring) grain content than Heaven Hill’s traditional Wheated Bourbon mashbill, used in products like …
First introduced in 2016 and paused since 2019, the Jos. A. Magnus Private Cask Program allows participants to select their own barrel onsite at the distillery in Holland, Michigan, with a limited number of virtual selections available. Each purchase includes the original Seguin Moreau barrel, adding a tangible piece of bourbon-making history to the ownership …
As a healthcare worker pulling long hours during the Pandemic, Zane Brammell was looking for release and distraction, and he discovered bourbon. Not just collecting bottles, but joining the community of enthusiasts that shared his passion. Zane would start a single-barrel club, selecting exclusive barrels to share with members. Two years later, he expanded his …
