Blanton’s Won the Whiskey Wars

Blanton’s Won the Whiskey Wars

Scotch might be getting the high prices, but one Blanton’s is making people pony up real money. If it’s dreams you want, look to Scotch, but if you’re looking for something to spend your money on, it’s Bourbon every time – and one Bourbon in...
Woodford Reserve Releases Chocolate Malted Rye Bourbon

Woodford Reserve Releases Chocolate Malted Rye Bourbon

LOUISVILLE, Ky.– Woodford Reserve Master Distiller Chris Morris, always seeking to innovate with new flavor ideas for whiskey, discovered a unique flavor technique: toast rye grain long enough and it begins to taste like chocolate. Thus was born his newest whiskey...
Exceptional Bourbon Values You Have Never Heard Of

Exceptional Bourbon Values You Have Never Heard Of

It’s estimated that there are over 3,500 historic brands of bourbon in the United States. Roughly 1,000 are currently active. That includes retailer specific brands. Notwithstanding the number of bourbon brands, however, and the veritable explosion in craft producers,...
Wheated Bourbon Alternatives to Pappy

Wheated Bourbon Alternatives to Pappy

Cult whiskey Pappy Van Winkle still retains its appeal for bourbon fans, even those who realize that its exorbitant price and scarcity might mean that it’s not really worth the time and expense required to secure a taste. Yes, Pappy is a very good whiskey, especially...
George Dickel (No. 12) Tennessee Whisky

George Dickel (No. 12) Tennessee Whisky

The George Dickel brand is best known as the “other” Tennessee Whiskey. Without going into the whole thing here, I’ll summarize by saying Tennessee Whiskey is straight bourbon whiskey (but don’t call it bourbon) that has been filtered through some quantity of...
Booker’s Bourbon Shiny Barrel Batch Review

Booker’s Bourbon Shiny Barrel Batch Review

Booker’s Bourbon 2019-02 “Shiny Barrel Batch” Review: Details and Tasting Notes In Jim Beam’s Words: Back in the day, some of the distillery’s rackhouse workers would carry around “mules” – pieces of plastic tubing they carried in the front of their overalls – and use...