Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Widow Jane Decadence Bourbon Balances Sweet and Savory Perfectly The nose includes aromas like marshmallow, chocolate and charred oak. You're halfway to a s'more just by smelling it. The nose is expressive with dried cherry and raisin, along with lemon curd and pie crust. The balance between sweet and spicy is precisely dialed in.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Triple Casks Drive Flavor in Whiskey Row Small Batch Bourbon Significant fruit and spice come in on the palate. Golden raisin and grape fill the mouth alongside baking spice. Mouthfeel is rich, weighty and viscous. Every room-temp sip makes you want another and confirms that neat always is the way to go with this bourbon.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Strange Raven 6-Year: A Bourbon Worth Paying Attention To Compared to many of the sourced NDP releases launched over the last six months, this is one of the better ones I've tasted.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews New King of Kentucky Small Batch: 3 proofs, 12-18 year bourbons What’s so appealing about King of Kentucky is that while mostly traditional bourbon notes are expressed in it, all are turned up to 11. That makes it one my favorite bourbons ever. It’s liquid goodness amplified by time, heat-cycled warehouses and a caretaker’s patience.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Jackson Purchase Bourbon Review: A 4-Yr Full Proof Surprise I don't recall tasting or reviewing an American whiskey this good at 4 years old. If I were to choose a bottle as the best new market entry in 2025, it would be in the running. This is not just surprisingly good, it's outstanding.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Uncharted Wheated Bourbon Review: River Aged for Your Drinking Pleasure I'll bet money that the gradual rocking of a water-borne vessel will do far more to agitate liquids and gases forming inside those barrels than any exposure to bass-heavy metal music will ever do.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Hardin's Creek Warehouse Series Shows Microclimate Aging Produces Fantastic Effects This is a truly unique trio of liquids designed to showcase how even the smallest changes to aging environment and maturation profoundly shape a whiskey’s final character.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Smokeye Hill Barrel Proof Bourbon Review — 134.2° Deep Dive As you'd expect from a 134.2 proof, 5-year-old bourbon, the ethanol practically roars on the nose, and it takes some patience to get behind it to discover notes of light caramel, orange peel, honey, toffee and cappuccino.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Wilderness Trail Kentucky Straight 6-Year-Old Private Barrel Wheated Bourbon Review It's not often you get to taste the flavor evolution of one of your favorite products, especially if your favorite hails from a heritage distillery. I've been an early adopter of Wilderness Trail, and the ability to taste - in real time - the arc of one of my favorite brands is incredible.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews RD1 Spirits: An Amburana for the Haters The finish isn't overwhelming, as Amburana usually is, and provides just enough spice and sweetness to keep it interesting. I'm not sure if it's the combination of my delight for cinnamon and my love for caipirinhas...but I just really enjoy this whiskey.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Pinhook 10-Year Vertical Series Bourbon Review – 115.9° Proof This bourbon is a study in patience. Knowing the founders of this brand, they didn't expect this whiskey–the first barrels they ever bought before moving to distill at Castle & Key distillery–would turn out as well as it has...
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Angel's Envy 2025 '10' Cask Strength Bourbon Review Saying it's not a complex bourbon is not a sleight, rather it's a nod to whiskies that present as lean, lithe and elegant–which is no small feat for liquid resting 10 years in oak. In a world of double-oaked wood and tannin bombs, this measured approach is much appreciated.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews 1792 Cognac Cask Finish Bourbon Review – $38 Value Pick Truth is I prefer 1792 releases over anything from Buffalo Trace–outside of its incredible Antique Collection, of course. I'm like a lot of bourbon drinkers who love visiting Barton to duck cobwebs in dusty rickhouses to thieve whiskey eventually bottled as Full Proof single barrels.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Elijah Craig Barrel Proof C925 Bourbon Review – 9yr/129-Proof Bargain As good as this 9-year C925 is, it makes me long for the labyrinthine nuances of those earlier, older versions. This one is simpler, but still expectedly delicious.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Booker’s The Reserves Review: 2025 Tequila-Barrel Bourbon Not only is it delicious, it's unique. This release marks the first time any spirit in the Beam portfolio was aged in ex-tequila casks, and it is–to my palate–an historically powerful bourbon that's beneficially tamed because of that.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews 2025 King of Kentucky Bourbon Review: 17-Year Majesty This is one of those bottles that makes me want to say to Chris Morris, "Just do more of this, please. Lots more of it."
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Maker’s Mark Cellar Aged 2025 Review: Fudge, Spice & Depth My shifting preferences also point out how delicious and keenly unique every batch of Cellar Aged actually is. And that has me thinking ... Maybe that $174.99 price tag isn't as high as I initially thought.
Members only Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Old Forester 2025 Birthday Bourbon Review If you're curious about how its blending team landed on 92 proof, Rift said she and her colleagues weren't happy with higher-proof iterations. When samples dipped below 100, it came alive, so they kept proofing it downward.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Four Roses 2025 Limited Edition Small Batch Bourbon Review On the nose you find all of that and more. It comes in waves of dried flowers, baked pastry, allspice and that classic Juicy Fruit gum bomb.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Jefferson's Reserve Cask Strength Review: The Cask Strength Bourbon You Didn't Know You Needed Jefferson’s finally gives Cask Strength its own spotlight. This 130-proof bourbon hits hard but drinks smooth—with a fruit-forward profile and a price that’s hard to argue with.
Bottle Elijah Craig B525 Review: Bold, Balanced & Barrel-Proof One immediately reached for an ECBP, pulled the cork, closed his eyes and took a long, patient sniff. He said that aroma was exactly the smell of the conflagration that awful day, and then poured himself a glass.
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.
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.
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?
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.
