Bourbon

This is an interesting one as I don’t have much knowledge or experience with bourbon of the “dusty” variety. Seagrams owned this brand prior to being sold in the early 1980’s to Heaven Hill. JTS distilled by Seagrams came from the Old Prentice distillery (Four Roses). This bottled was aged state 6 years (so stilled […]

This comes to us from Castle and Key distillery, a Kentucky distillery formerly known as The Old Taylor Distillery that was abandoned and reclaimed with operations starting up in 2018. Now we have here in 2022 their first Bourbon release, a 4 year old bourbon with a mashbill of 73% White Corn, 10% Rye, and

This is the infamous single barrel selected for r/bourbon for crossing the 200k member threshold. Only 42 bottles came out and it never reached the 12 year mark, coming in at 11 years and 11 months. It was aged at Camp Nelson A and was bottled non-chill filtered. ABV: 55% Nose: Vanilla Chai, Black Pepper, Milk Chocolate, toffee, medium

This is a finished bourbon from Belle Meade distillery. Likely sourced from MGP and finished for an unknown amount of time in said Spanish Brandy Barrels. There is no age statement, so lets see how it is. I had this blind so keep that in mind while reading my notes. ABV: 59.4% Nose: Tobacco Leaf, Black Pepper,

This is a single barrel selected by a group (Kingsman). This MGP bourbon was finished in a Cab Sav barrel before being bottled at cask strength. I had this blind then was revealed the notes, so keep that in mind while you read my review. ABV: 58.1% Nose: Crème brûlée, Orange Peel, Black Pepper, Tobacco Leaf, Slight

This is the annual limited release blend from Kentucky distillery Four Roses. A blend of recipes this years release features: • 16 year OBSV • 14 year OBSQ • 12 year OESK • 16 year OESV This was bottled at barrel strength with no additives. ABV: 57.1% Nose: Cherry, Green Apple, Tobacco Leaf, Vanilla Cream, Slight Pear,

This is a store select from Cork and Bottle. This bottling comes to us from the Starlight distillery, clocks in at 4 years and 6 months old, and was finished in an Oloroso sherry barrel. ABV: 52.1% Nose: Orange Peel, Vanilla cream, Raisins, Figs, twing of baking spices, cinnamon, Nutmeg, Clove Palate: Medium oily mouthfeel, Orange Peel, Figs,

This is a bourbon selected by the team at r/bourbon. This is from Starlight distillery in Indiana; they are kind of the mad scientists of finishes in the American whiskey scene to me. These bottling here was aged for 4.5 years and finished in Brazilian Amburana Barrels before bottling. ABV: 56.2% Nose: Toffee, nutmeg, allspice, black pepper, cream,

This is a blend finished bourbons that comes to us by way of American Independent bottler Barrell Craft Spirits. Much in the vein of their Dovetail and Seagrass releases, Armida is a blend of American Bourbons finished in a variety of casks that are then blended together after finishing. Armida’s blend consists of Bourbon Finished

This is a barrel picked by a restaurant in Dublin Ohio. This Elijah Craig was aged for 10 years before being bottled at cask strength with no additives and selected for this restaurant. I have not had a chance to try one of these new offering from Heaven Hill until now, so let us see