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Michter's 10 Year Single Barrel Bourbon Review – 2025 Release: One of the Best M10s Yet
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews

Michter's 10 Year Single Barrel Bourbon Review – 2025 Release: One of the Best M10s Yet

I've had the good fortune to sample several years of Michter's 10-year bourbon releases, and this is one of the best I've tasted yet.
Jun 18, 2025 3 min read
Green River 250th U.S. Army Special Anniversary Bourbon Review
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews

Green River 250th U.S. Army Special Anniversary Bourbon Review

Tasting this and knowing you've spent just $49.99 will make you wonder why you part with any more on any bottle. From sniff to sip, this is precisely what bourbon whiskey should taste like and cost in 2025.
Jun 16, 2025 3 min read
Michter's 2025 Barrel Strength Rye Review: Big Spice, Bold Proof
Rye Whiskey Reviews

Michter's 2025 Barrel Strength Rye Review: Big Spice, Bold Proof

The nose on this Michter's Barrel Strength Rye takes me directly to the dump trough where tour guests get to stick their Glencairn glasses directly into the stream of whiskey glug-glug-glugging from the cask.
Jun 13, 2025 3 min read
Proof of Life: The Last Refuge
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Proof of Life: The Last Refuge

Irregular Dispatches for the Drinking Class from Your Chief Drinking Officer
Jun 7, 2025 19 min read
Fear & Loathing Rye Review: A Smooth 95-Proof Sipper
Rye Whiskey Reviews

Fear & Loathing Rye Review: A Smooth 95-Proof Sipper

The nose is a soft blend of caramel corn, cotton candy, mint and a little burnt orange peel: truly pleasant. The palate is bolder with dark caramel, roasted corn, more mint and cherry Lifesaver. Again, quite nice. Nothing to dislike at all.
Jun 4, 2025 2 min read
Wild Common AƱejo Tequila Review: A Bold 94-Proof Sipper
Tequila Reviews

Wild Common AƱejo Tequila Review: A Bold 94-Proof Sipper

I've visited this distillery, and trust me, it's OLD old school. On a tour there, our guide pulled out a diagram of its process that was hand-sketched on an 8 x 11 piece of paper. No video. No fancy equipment with computerized monitors. Just a drawing.
Jun 2, 2025 3 min read
Inside Gonzo Whiskey: Fear & Loathing Bourbon Review
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews

Inside Gonzo Whiskey: Fear & Loathing Bourbon Review

I'm like any reviewer who immediately wants to dislike celebrity whiskies because most are never good. So, since this one's actually good, is it because the celebrity wasn't involved in it at all?
May 30, 2025 3 min read
National Bourbon Week Announces Schedule for Second Annual Celebration in Bardstown
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National Bourbon Week Announces Schedule for Second Annual Celebration in Bardstown

The BCG just announced the schedule for the second-annual National Bourbon Week, running this year from June 9-15. The event includes 20 events with 11 distilleries located within 16 square miles.
May 27, 2025 5 min read
Proof of Life: Special Isn't Special Anymore
Proof of Life

Proof of Life: Special Isn't Special Anymore

Irregular Dispatches for the Drinking Class from Your Chief Drinking Officer
May 24, 2025 14 min read
BHAKTA 1928 Review: A Unique Blend of Rye and Vintage Spirits
Rye Whiskey Reviews

BHAKTA 1928 Review: A Unique Blend of Rye and Vintage Spirits

The nose is warm with apple pie filling and dark, caramelized sugar. Despite a mostly rye recipe, it's quite plush, almost buttery, with little in the way of lively spice.
May 14, 2025 3 min read
Old Elk Slow Cut Review: Smooth Sipper with a Unique Proofing Twist
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews

Old Elk Slow Cut Review: Smooth Sipper with a Unique Proofing Twist

On the palate, things are once again unsurprisingly approachable, dangerously approachable even. In fact, this is one of the easiest drinking whiskeys I've encountered.
May 12, 2025 2 min read
Proof of Life: People First, Pours Second
Proof of Life

Proof of Life: People First, Pours Second

Irregular Dispatches for the Drinking Class from Your Chief Drinking Officer
May 10, 2025 18 min read
Tequila Ocho Old Fitzgerald Barrel Aged Anjeo Review
Tequila Reviews

Tequila Ocho Old Fitzgerald Barrel Aged Anjeo Review

High notes of lemon cream candy, butterscotch, hibiscus, agave nectar, oak and baking spice combine for an incredibly balanced pour whose finish is bright, tingly, clean and short.
May 7, 2025 2 min read
Replay: BDC Live Tasting #13
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Replay: BDC Live Tasting #13

May 6, 2025 1 min read
Maker’s Mark Wood Finishing Series 'The Keepers Release' Bourbon Review
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Maker’s Mark Wood Finishing Series 'The Keepers Release' Bourbon Review

I have to admit that when I learned of this new release, I thought, "How long can this Wood Finishing Series go on?" Well, it took only one taste of The Keepers Release to convince me that this extension of the series is a great idea.
May 5, 2025 2 min read
Maui’s Waikulu Agave Spirit: Better than your favorite tequila?
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Maui’s Waikulu Agave Spirit: Better than your favorite tequila?

Waikulu Distillery is located on the windward side of the island in Makawao. The setting of this place is gorgeous. Yes, it’s Maui, everything looks amazing,Ā  but the farm is nestled on 6 acres on the side of a hill/mountain/volcano. It’s stunning.
Apr 28, 2025 6 min read
Proof of Life: Full Circle
Proof of Life

Proof of Life: Full Circle

Irregular Dispatches for the Drinking Class from Your Chief Drinking Officer
Apr 26, 2025 13 min read
Old Hamer 10 Year Bourbon Review: Corn-Fueled Classic
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews

Old Hamer 10 Year Bourbon Review: Corn-Fueled Classic

After sampling a handful of these different 8- and 10-year-old barrels, Pops and I decided that instead of a ā€œBottleā€ rating, we should buy a barrel.
Apr 25, 2025 3 min read
Fanged Pursuit Bourbon Review: Orphan Barrel’s Best Yet?
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews

Fanged Pursuit Bourbon Review: Orphan Barrel’s Best Yet?

If I were to point to my favorite of the Orphan Barrel line, this would be it. It's not dry to the point of being acrid or bitterly oaky, which, honestly, is what I expected based on other long-aged Orphan Barrel releases.
Apr 23, 2025 2 min read
Garrard County Distilling foreclosure not a product of industry softness
This Round's Mine

Garrard County Distilling foreclosure not a product of industry softness

$250 million committed and in just 14 months, it’s bankrupt! So what caused this rapid collapse? Soft sales in American whiskey? Over-extension on its investment? Hubris? Ignorance?
Apr 22, 2025 3 min read
Old Forester 117 Series: Bottled-in-Bond Rye: Bottle, Bar or Bust?
Rye Whiskey Reviews

Old Forester 117 Series: Bottled-in-Bond Rye: Bottle, Bar or Bust?

On the palate, it's definitely a rye whiskey. Gentle spice and herbal characters separate it immediately from the sweetness of Old Forester Bourbon. Expectedly, there's caramel and white chocolate in the mix, but those notes are offset pleasantly with a little mint, some eucalyptus and white pepper.
Apr 21, 2025 2 min read
Proof of Life: The NOM Father Always Wins
Proof of Life

Proof of Life: The NOM Father Always Wins

This edition? It's loaded. We’re floating ideas for a bourbon-fueled Colorado getaway, unpacking industry drama (spoiler: distributors are still the worst), and spotlighting everything from a tequila truth-teller getting raided to a bottle auction honoring a bear more beloved than most politicians.
Apr 19, 2025 12 min read
Bernheim Barrel Proof Original Wheat Whiskey Batch A225 Review: The Wheat Bomb Returns
Wheat Whiskey Reviews

Bernheim Barrel Proof Original Wheat Whiskey Batch A225 Review: The Wheat Bomb Returns

I keep harping on the Bernheim Barrel Proof A release from 2024, but it really did stand out to me in a short-lived series that, while consistently good, hasn't produced many very memorable expressions. This latest release, however, is nipping at its heels.
Apr 18, 2025 2 min read
New Maker’s Mark Wheat Whisky is groundbreaking in many ways
New Brand Releases

New Maker’s Mark Wheat Whisky is groundbreaking in many ways

There have been several terrific entries to the category over the last few years, some of which we’ve reviewed. But this one’s a standout: lush in aroma and texture and fruit-centric like middle-age rye whiskies.
Apr 16, 2025 4 min read
Graeter’s Bourbon Ball Ice Cream Review: So Good It Broke My Cover
New Brand Releases

Graeter’s Bourbon Ball Ice Cream Review: So Good It Broke My Cover

I saved the bourbon for last because even with everything else being so incredible with this ice cream, Graeter’s has achieved what is often very difficult and what another whiskey ice cream on the market failed at (you know the one…)
Apr 15, 2025 4 min read
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