Ragged Branch Wheated Bourbon Review
When it comes to a whiskey’s profile, grain bills can only tell you so much. You can draw certain generalizations about flavor profile if you’re armed with the knowledge that there’s a sizable percentage of rye, or wheat, or oats, or malted grains involved, but...
Jim Beam Repeal Batch Bourbon Review
Just last month, Jim Beam introduced a new limited-release whiskey called Jim Beam Repeal Batch. It’s an 86-proof, non-chill filtered bourbon that was inspired by the same liquid produced by the Beam family following Prohibition’s repeal in 1933. This new bottle...
J.H. Cutter Whisky review
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow wrote, “All things must change.” George Harrison sang, “All things must pass.” French writer Jean-Baptiste Alphonse Karr wrote, “The more things change, the more they remain the same.” All of these wise men could also be describing the world...
Old Bardstown Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
There are a couple of good reasons to get excited about the Old Bardstown Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, the biggest of which is that it’s 100% made from Willett distilled whiskey. Between this and their rye, it signifies a change in the company and a move away...
Review: Barrell Bourbon Batch 016
Since my first sip of Batch 005, I’ve enjoyed following the whiskey journey that Barrell takes me on. They aren’t concerned with consistency of flavors between batches. Quite the opposite, in fact. Every batch is different. Flavor profile, age, proof… it changes with...
John Wayne’s Bourbon Recipes
When Ethan Wayne, son of one of America’s silver screen greats, unlocked the vaults containing the carefully cataloged stuff of his father’s life, he found memoirs, costumes, scripts, John Wayne’s Oscar for True Grit . . . and an entire vault dedicated to Wayne’s...