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…
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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…
Ezra Brooks (part of Luxco) recently launched a 2 year straight rye whiskey with an age statement on the back in months instead of years. I’ve had month-stated rye before, and most often it ended up in the sink or mixed with a heavy dose of mixers. To my surprise, this…
First off, I love Buffalo Trace. I love their products, I love their marketing department, I love Mark Brown, I have nothing but love for the folks over there. But make no mistake, no one is safe from my sarcasm and witty evilness (or evil wit?). It’s like they say,…