A lot of time is spent these days in talking about the unicorn bottles that many folks will never see in the wild while on the hunt for the next exciting score at liquor store x, y, or z. Some of those unicorns however as you get closer and can see what you have, turn […]
A growing category in American bourbon is double-oaked bourbons. As most of our readership will likely know all bourbon to be able to be called bourbon must be aged in new charred oak barrels. From those lovely, charred vessels, the wood imparts the color of the bourbon as well as the varied tasting notes, such […]
A handful of nights back, I received a package in the mail from a barrel pick group I belong to. In it was a handful of Kings County single barrel hip flask sized bottles which I’d bought a few weeks back. With a couple fingers down the hatch, and sitting amongst all these bottles, whilst […]
As a Bourboneur, my goal is to load my garage bar with as much great brownwater as possible and systematically drink every last bottle with my friends and neighbors, then buy more bourbon, and do it all over again. Being a Bourboneur, is simply put, wanting to drink great bourbon with great people and there’s […]
High proof can sometimes be a bit intimidating to folks, especially those who may be new to bourbon and think that if something is above 100 proof you might as well be trying to ride the lightning. Truth be told, that’s not always the case and frankly there are a number of high proof bourbons […]
I’ve always had a love-hate relationship with Jefferson’s, as my palate and their various expressions don’t always jive. With a retail price of just under three hundred dollars, their recently announced Marian McLain bottling leaves me wondering, is shelling out that kind of money worth it? Following on Jefferson’s 25th anniversary, late last week Jefferson’s […]
The Heaven Hill Heritage Collection officially launched last year in 2022 and now has two bottlings under foot that highlight the distilleries ultra-aged whiskies. I have to admit that I was a little confused initially as I mistakenly had thought they were on their fourth edition, but alas, I was wrong. The confusion comes from […]
As I sit here on a dreary Sunday morning, I probably would have been doing just fine had I not decided after hosting a bourbon tasting last night that piling on a number of additional drinks was a good idea…but, when in good company an extra beverage…or five, just sometimes happens. Hosting a bourbon tasting […]
If you know nothing about bourbon, chances are better than not that you are familiar with the name Pappy Van Winkle or just “Pappy” for short. It’s a name steeped in mystique and luxury and right, wrong or indifferent is the pinnacle of the bourbon world. Whether or not it belongs there is a discussion […]
The Secondary Bourbon Market never sleeps, day after day, week after week, month after month folks are moving bottles. Using all manner of abbreviations and acronyms, a bourbon language has evolved to facilitate these interactions, with folks clambering to “BIN” (buy it now) a well-priced bottle, with prices continuing to march northward toward a ceiling […]
