From the Smooth Ambler Spirits page on FB today (https://www.facebook.com/SmoothAmbler/posts/10155031989726495): An update on Wheated Bourbon and Custom Barrels: Smooth Ambler Wheated Bourbon At long last a bit of our homemade wheated bourbon is finally ready. Andrew has chosen the best of our mature (5-6 YO) barrels and mingled them together…
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Most surprisingly tasty ‘moderately available’ release of 2016: Rebel Yell 10 year Single Barrel What’s not to like? It’s Single Barrel, 10 years old, and has an amazing redneck name, Rebel Yell. Then again, there is also Eagle Rare. Now don’t get me wrong, ER is smooth and great with a cigar,…
First of all, I’m very sorry. It’s been awhile since I have written a blog entry and I know all 3 of you have been waiting anxiously for some more material to read. I turned 40 in November and basically spent the entire month celebrating (that’s how I like to…
Mark your calendars. October 18th, 2016. It’s the day that I stopped receiving samples from Diageo. Maybe, maybe not. Maybe they won’t read this, maybe they won’t care. I no longer care if they care, or the others who send me samples. Maybe I care. Maybe no one cares even…
Today, I watched as a friend of mine was lowered into the ground. As I stood in the direct light of the sun, in a full suit, I felt the countless beads of sweat falling down my back as I stared at a plain wooden casket descending. I just couldn’t believe…
Sounds like we really don’t need to worry about hunting for this one until the Spring of 2017. Thank goodness, I’m already broke and it’s not even October! BUFFALO TRACE DISTILLERY INTRODUCES O.F.C. RANGE OF VERY RARE AND COLLECTABLE VINTAGE-DATED BOURBONS First Offering Only Available to Non Profits for…
First off I would like to thank Buffalo Trace for providing me samples of the 2016 Antique Collection. I have tried all of them, and will post the other 4 later, but I felt like Saz 18 needed its own review. See, for starters, Sazerac 18 is my baby. She…
Diageo has announced the release of their next Orphan Barrel, a 28 year old American Whiskey (not a bourbon) called Whoop and Holler. Essentially it is 28 year old whiskey from the George Dickel distillery. It is going to be a 1 time release with an MSRP of $175. I…
The annual Buffalo Trace Antique Collection press release came out today. Some interesting notes: Stagg is 144.1 proof this year, that’s crazy high! As usual, there wasn’t much, so it’s going to be hard as heck to find again. Sazerac 18 is now current product instead of the tanked product…
The alarm went off at 7:40am on our first full day on the bourbon trail. 6 hours earlier we had just gone to bed completely full on pizza. Groggy, still full, still half drunk, we all got dressed and stumbled downstairs for some breakfast (because we needed more carbs obviously). …