First of all, holy crap I finished a new blog post. Look at me! It only took like 90 days or so and I still have about 4 or 5 half finished posts. You might even see a flurry of new blog posts from me! I know all 3 of…
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First off, thanks to the fine folks at BT for a sample set of this year’s Buffalo Trace Antique Collection (a.k.a. BTAC, a.k.a. that other hard as hell whiskey to obtain besides Pappy). Second, this review is not going to be fancy, or wordy, or much of anything except the…
The Fall bourbon season always begins with Old Forester Birthday Bourbon. Every time I see that bottle, it makes me think of Queen singing, “Fat Bottomed Bottles you make the rocky world go round”. The bottle design is two things: 1) It’s unique and from a pouring/display/coolness perspective it’s pretty…
Michter’s Distillery Offers First Release of US*1 Toasted Barrel Finish Rye LOUISVILLE, Ky., September 6, 2017 — This month Michter’s Distillery is releasing a limited amount of US*1 Toasted Barrel Finish Rye for the first time. “This innovative release is the culmination of two years of maturation research conducted by…
Interesting there are 2 batches, one a slightly lower proof for just GA and FL, and another for the rest of the county. I reached out to Brown-Forman to find out why. Old Forester Releases 2017 Birthday Bourbon Expression Louisville, Ky. (August 14, 2017) – This September, Old Forester Kentucky…
Heaven Hill Distillery Announces Release of 2017 Parker’s Heritage Collection Limited Edition Bottling Eleventh Edition of annual ultra-premium release will honor late Heaven Hill Distillery Master Distiller Emeritus Parker Beam and continue support of ALS research and patient care BARDSTOWN, KY— Heaven Hill Distillery announced today the 2017…
Death, taxes, another batch of ECBP. All are inevitable, one is preferable. Faster than you can say, “Pappy 25 sold for whaa”, a new batch of ECBP is introduced. No longer being referred to in the mainstream by their proof, the new batches of ECBP actually come with a batch number…
This one actually sounds really intriguing and I hope to get a sample to try. Stay tuned! BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY RELEASES ORGANIC 6 GRAIN WHISKEY EXPERIMENT FRANKFORT, Franklin County, Ky (May 9, 2017) Buffalo Trace Distillery has experimented with a variety of grains in their latest Experimental Collection…
Long story short there is a sequel to Kingsman The Secret Service (really good under-rated flick btw but totally not safe for kids) called Kingman The Golden Circle (trailer). For this follow up film, the movie studio partnered with Old Forester to use their distillery for a good portion of the…
In October of last year, Michter’s named a new Master Distiller, replacing the long tenured Willie Pratt with Pamela Heilmann, the first female master distiller of a KDA distillery since prohibition. Pamela formerly ran the Booker Noe Distillery and has a ton of experience in the bourbon world. Following along the guidelines of…