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.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews 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.
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 “Bottle” rating, we should buy a barrel.
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.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Bomberger's Precision Fine Grain Bourbon Review: Layered Complexity & Elegance To me, those whiskies exhibit a greater intensity of aromas gathered while resting in the first barrel, like extra coffee, extra cocoa and extra oak and all the tannin you'd expect that the bear. But this has dustiness all over it.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Bulleit Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon Review: Hits and Misses I'm a Bulleit fan. I love its barrel strength releases, I've done single barrel picks there and I love its 10-year products. But all of those came from elsewhere, and I was ready to see what the home team could do this time.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Green River Wheated Single Barrel Bourbon Review: A $60 Cask Strength Gem This high-proof release is in my sweet spot for wheated bourbon. Below 100 proof, wheated bourbon is unassertive and short on spice for my palate. As Maker's Mark Cask Strength proved years ago, magic happens in wheated bourbon proofed well past the century mark.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews WhistlePig Snout-to-Tail 10-Year Bourbon Review: Unique Barrel Aging Unveiled The nose is laden with honey, caramel, spring flowers and a little ripe banana. Hints of white pepper and cinnamon come next with a whiff of mint thrown in. Those same aromas become flavors that form the backbone of this this middleweight spirit.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Remus Gatsby Reserve 2024 Review: A 15-Year Bourbon to Chase? I personally enjoyed the 2022 and 2023 Gatsby releases a little more than this one. It's still a very solid bourbon that drinks well above its age statement (more on that below), but it's also quite different from previous releases.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Woodford Reserve Double Double Oaked Review: Worth the Hype? What surprises me is the finish, which doesn't linger, is not all that warm and is neither immediately tannic nor drying–attributes I expected from such lengthy oak interaction.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Booker's 'Jimmy's Batch' Review: A Tribute to A Bourbon Legend I've tasted better Booker's releases for my palate, but there isn't much to nitpick with this one, especially if you're a fan of Beam's drier and more peppery barrel-proof bourbons. And let's be honest, who doesn't love Jimmy Russell?
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Old Forester 1924 Bourbon Review: A Decade of Depth and Flavor If someone can find flaws in this, you're either a freak of nature who's going to teach us all something we didn't know or you're nuts and making things up.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Old Fitzgerald 11 Year Old Bottled In Bond Bourbon Review (Fall 2024): A Classic With a Twist The fall edition is a return to form for Old Fitz worthy of its MSRP and probably a reasonable markup, too.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews New Riff Winter Whiskey Review: A Bourbon Tailor-Made For Sweater Weather Winter Whiskey is one of those bourbons you'll want to share with friends and keep in the bar for those occasions when your palate craves something really good but also something different.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Elijah Craig A125 Barrel Proof Review: Is This the Best Batch Yet? No one ever regrets buying a bottle of ECBP because it always delivers, never disappoints and always makes people smile when you pour them some.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Preservation Estate Wheated Bourbon Review: Bold Notes Beyond Its Age If Preservation is already achieving that combination of rich fruit and ponderous dark notes at 6.5 years, that's exciting. To enter the Preservation Wheated Bourbon's flavor journey at the trailhead is a fun place to be, and now I look forward to every forthcoming release.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Old Forester 117 Series 'Warehouse I' Review: A Limited 11-Year Bourbon This is flat-out delicious. Kudos to whoever chose 95 as this spirit's proof. It's bold and beautiful, complex and loaded with character, velvety, weighty and luxuriant but without the bite of cask strength whiskey. Sometimes you gotta love medium proof bourbon.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batch C924 Review: 129 Proof Bourbon Excellence The finish ties it all together expertly with torched sugar, chocolate mint, and lingering notes of marmalade and chai tea. It's perhaps not the stunner we were given at the end of 2023, but there's certainly nothing to complain about here.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Bulleit 10 Year Bourbon Review: Aged Perfection at 91.2 Proof I'd have an incredibly hard time understanding any bourbon fan wouldn't like this amazingly reliable, well-made and well-aged bourbon. It embodies everything that's right and unique about America's native spirit...
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Larceny Barrel Proof Batch C924 Review: A 125.1 Proof Wheated Bourbon Gem Pound for pound, there's no better value in barrel-proof wheated bourbon right now. I'm not sure why the price hasn't increased along with Heaven Hill's other annual barrel-proof trio, Elijah Craig, but I'm not complaining.
