Bourbon Reviews Like Birthdays for Middle-Agers, Old Forester's 2026 Birthday Bourbon Is Insignificant This is mostly for collectors of Birthday Bourbon craving "the next one" to make a complete set. It's a pass for those who recall better past Birthday releases.
Bourbon Reviews Bib & Tucker Steps Out of Obscurity with Dandy 8-yr Bottled In Bond Bourbon This is a mature, well-structured whiskey that balances fruit, rye spice and oak accents. I can't imagine any American whiskey drinker not liking this. It's everything a good bourbon should be.
Bourbon Reviews Silk Velvet Bourbon Is Far More Assertive Than Its Name Implies In year 7, big spice, chocolate depth and rich fruit rule the palate. Its transformation from the 6 year release is comparable to teens leaving home for freshman year in college, and returning for summer break noticeably more mature.
Bourbon Reviews Remus Lou Gehrig Reserve Bourbon Is Delicious, But Is It a Homerun? Loads of caramel envelop vanilla, cinnamon, charred marshmallow and dried roses. Subsequent sniffs deliver spice that hints at a more powerful presentation than claimed in its 109 proof.
Bourbon Reviews Jackson Purchase Bottled-In-Bond Bourbon Is Unexpectedly Delightful This bonded bourbon dazzles with fruit and spice and honey and a little pepper. It's also surprisingly weighty and rich for only 100 proof, and it's well balanced. Its complexity outdoes many of its peers' and would shame many older bourbons.
Bourbon Reviews Commemorative Heaven Hill 13-year Bourbon Signals the End of Aging at its Deatsville site Everything that's good about Heaven Hill bourbon is in this bottle: caramel, honey, cooked apples, vanilla taffy, sharp spice and toasted oak.
