Tarnished Truth Bourbon Review
This Virginia Beach hotel contains a distillery. Here’s its first bourbon.
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Jim Beam Repeal Batch Bourbon Review
Jim Beam Repeal Batch is an 86-proof, non-chill filtered bourbon inspired by the whiskey the Beam family produced following Prohibition’s repeal in 1933.
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Jim Beam Distiller’s Cut Bourbon Review
Jim Beam Distiller’s Cut is the newest offering from the powerhouse Kentucky bourbon distillery. It’s bottled at 100-proof, aged 5-6 years and not chill filtered–all things that make Distiller’s Cut a bolder, more flavorful option than the flagship white labeled…
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Bedtime Bourbon Review
Bedtime Bourbon is the first release from The Louisville Bourbon Company, a new, non-distilling whiskey producer based in Kentucky. The spirit was launched on October 31, 2017, with a 840-bottle run limited to its home state. The juice itself is…
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Colonel EH Taylor 4 Grain Bourbon Named "World Whisky of the Year"
For the third straight year, a North American spirit has taken the title of “World Whisky of the Year.” Following Crown Royal Northern Harvest Rye and Booker’s Rye, Colonel E.H. Taylor 4 Grain Bottled in Bond 12-Year Bourbon has been crowned…
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Virginia Black Whiskey Review
Drake—yes, that Drake—has made a whiskey. It’s called Virginia Black, and it comes in a bottle that vaguely resembles a vessel for holding perfume. The spirit was made by blending a collection of two, three and four-year-old bourbons. The spirits were…
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Redemption Wheated Bourbon Review
The 4th of July is now in our rearview, but that’s no reason to stop appreciating one of America’s greatest contributions to global civilization: bourbon whiskey. Adding to that storied legacy is Redemption’s Wheated Bourbon. This new limited-edition offering is…
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Have Bourbon for Breakfast with This Fruity Pebbles Milk Punch
There’s no time like the holidays for a stout glass of bourbon-spiked milk punch. And Fruity Pebbles, well, they’re good all year round. So let’s join the two together, and see what happens. We’ll give you a hint: it’s a…
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2016 Old Forester Birthday Bourbon Review
Another year, another Old Forester Birthday Bourbon. Each September, to honor founder George Garvin Brown’s birthday, Old Forester releases a limited-edition, 12-year old vintage-dated expression. It’s always a fun exercise to taste the new whiskey and compare notes with…
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Smoked Peaches and Cream Cocktail
At Meauxbar in New Orleans, the bar team is combining adult beverages and childhood nostalgia with this take on the traditional summertime dessert, peaches and cream. Bourbon and Cynar make up the boozy backbone of this drink, while peach shrub…
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Jim Beam Double Oak Review
Jim Beam Double Oak is a new release that, as the name implies, is aged twice. Four year old Jim Beam bourbon is taken out of its charred American white oak barrel, the standard wood for maturing bourbons, and then…
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Knob Creek 2001 Limited Edition Bourbon Review
2001 marks the year that Beam Master Distiller Booker Noe passed the Knob Creek torch to his son, Fred. So this limited edition Knob Creek was started by the father, finished by the son, and aged for 14 years, which…
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Black Hole Sun, a Merger of Bourbon and Cold Brew Coffee
This continues our series on breakfast drinks, where we highlight those cocktails that fortify our mornings with the gin, whiskey and resolve we need to keep going. Today, an old fashioned gets the coffee treatment. I like cold brew coffee….
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I.W. Harper 15 Year Old Bourbon Review
Ever the popular enterprise these days, Diageo has been releasing many whiskeys into the wild as part of their Orphan Barrel project. And while I.W. Harper isn’t included in that lineup, it is another whiskey that’s been resurrected from the…
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Drinking in Some History (and Whiskey) in Downtown Nashville
We’ve seen all kinds of fanciful claims when it comes to whiskey brands and history. This one says it’s distilled in the dungeon of a 13th century castle. That one comes from Davy Crockett’s brother’s recipe. Too many of these…
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Wild Turkey Launches Master’s Keep Bourbon
Here’s something new from Wild Turkey. It’s called Master’s Keep, and it’s a limited edition 17-year-old Bourbon, which marks the oldest bourbon we’ve ever seen from Wild Turkey. This new expression is the brand’s first release under the direction of…
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Old Forester 1897 Bottled in Bond Bourbon Review
Old Forester has something new for us. It’s called Old Forester 1897 Bottled in Bond, and it’s a new bourbon that honors the U.S. Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897. Crafted by Brown-Forman Master Distiller Chris Morris, this is the second release…
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Jefferson’s Reserve Groth Cask Finish Bourbon Review
Jefferson’s Bourbon has just introduced a new expression to its portfolio: Jefferson’s Reserve Groth Cask Finish, a bourbon that was aged in new American white oak barrels in Kentucky prior to being finished for nine months in French oak barrels…
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Defiance Whiskey Review
Hailing from St Louis, Defiance Whiskey (not to be confused with Defiant Whisky) is a new high-rye bourbon that’s aged in Missouri oak barrels. Like many new whiskeys, Defiance is sourcing its juice from MGP Ingredients, the large scale distiller…
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Orphan Barrel Forged Oak 15 Year Bourbon Review
The Orphan Barrel Whiskey Distilling Company locates and bottles forgotten barrels of whiskey from around the world. It’s noble work. And their fifth release is Forged Oak, a 15 year old Kentucky Straight Bourbon. Forged Oak was produced at the…
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