Rye Whiskey Reviews High West Midwinter Night’s Dram Act 13 Review: Worth $150? There's zero wrong with this whiskey. Not only is it nicely balanced overall, fruit, spice and light tannin all get equal billing.
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.
Rye Whiskey Reviews Sazerac Full Proof Rye Whiskey Review — 125 Proof Value Pick The nose practically says, "I'm a big whiskey, son, so strap it on." It's no-nonsense and straightforward, rich with dark caramel, oak, allspice, flamed orange peel, hot honey, toasted rye bread, and cooked grain.
American Whiskey Reviews Whiskey JYPSI Legacy Batch 003 Review: Worth $200? If you're looking for an indulgent purchase, consider this if you can find it. It is without flaws and endlessly drinkable.
Tequila Reviews The Last Drop Release No. 40 Extra Añejo Tequila Review: Rarity Is Never Enough What made this brand believe that this liquid was special at all, much less so great that anyone slapped $2,300 price tag on it? Age and rarity? Both only go so far because often, overaged sprits become "rare: when someone figures out they should never go into a bottle on their own.
Rye Whiskey Reviews Old Overholt 12-Year Extra Aged Cask Strength Rye Whiskey Review: Built for Cocktails Once the liquid eased below the shoulders of that glass Old Grand Dad-style bottle, it did come round and begin waking up. Dark stone fruits appeared on the nose, along with white pepper, cigar leaf, oak and flamed citrus.
Rye Whiskey Reviews Pursuit United Triple Mash Rye Review: 121 Proof Blend Twist The nose is clean and a little sharp thanks to that sturdy proof that presents as white pepper, but it moves quickly to sweetened cereal grain (think Frosted Flakes before they're drowned in milk), raisin, cinnamon, toasted oak and bitter chocolate.
Interview Q&A with Jim Gaffigan on ‘The Bourbon Set,’ his new standup I knew that I couldn't do an entire show just about bourbon. I mean, maybe I could in Kentucky and Tennessee and maybe Atlanta, or North Carolina. (Then) I was like, “You know what? I'm just going to do it for myself and for those people that are interested in this topic.”
Annual Summit Tours, tastings, bottle shares and BBQ highlight Bourbon & Banter ’25 Summit Surely no one came to bourbon musing there would someday be drinkers like them; lovers of bourbon who want to see it made, meet the people who make it and then drink it with friends new and old. But that, in a nutshell, describes Bourbon Banter’s third-annual Summit.
Podcast Ramble On: The 2025 Summit Podcast Special Edition This wasn’t an “anniversary episode.” No balloons, no confetti, no commemorative T-shirt order (yet…). Just a damn good conversation fueled by great whiskey and even better company.
On The Road Cain carries on centuries of family whiskey-making at Nobeltons Distilling House Lest you think Cain is some radical spirits maker, know that his grain choices and fermentation techniques are rooted firmly in family traditions. For more than a century, his family has used its own heirloom varietal born of Canadian rye “that’s similar to a brasado rye.
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.
On The Road At Wood Hat Spirits, better corn is the fulcrum of flavor Gary Hinegardner has a problem with bourbon makers. He says the No. 2 yellow dent corn used by the vast majority of American whiskey makers is a subpar grain never intended for the distillation of America’s native spirit.
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.
American Whiskey Reviews Blue Run Buck & Brush Review: Why This $125 Blend Misses the Mark In this case, Blue Run is asking $125 for a whiskey blend that's half Bourye's, age, lacking Bourye's well-earned reputation and triple the price for Knob Creek's iteration–all while delivering a product low on complexity and flavor compared to those.
Tequila Reviews Fortaleza 2025 Winter Blend Review: Reposado Reveal On the nose is a battle between fruit and minerality, olfactory soldiers armed with aromatics derived from airborne yeast, cooked agave, tahona crushing and finishing in those ex-American whiskey, ex-PdC and ex-Madeira casks.
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."
Tennessee Whiskey Reviews Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Heritage Barrel Review On the palate, its 100 proof delivers satisfying spice and tingle while staying supple and enjoyable neat. Toasted oak is prominent, but not in the heavy-handed, newly sawn lumber way of many toasted barrels that dominate the maturate resting within them.
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.
