Bourbon

This is a 9 year old Tennessee bourbon and finished in ex-apple brandy liqueur casks from Copper and Kings for 18 months. Let’s see how it turned out. ABV: 50% Nose: Caramel, orange peel, allspice, nutmeg, slight apple, honey, lavender. Palate: Medium mouthfeel, orange peel, allspice, black pepper, lavender. Finish: Medium length finish. Warm, orange peel, black pepper, honey, […]

Watershed is a distillery located in Columbus, Ohio. This past year, they worked with the State of Ohio to release three single barrels that the state liquor entity picked. These barrels were the first time Watershed released anything at cask strength. The bourbon was aged for a minimum of four years in char five barrels,

This barrel was selected by The Party Source, a liquor store based in Northen Kentucky on the Kentucky Ohio Border. It was bottled in 10/16/20, at barrel proof, and came from Rick R-20. Let’s see how they selected. ABV: 65.1% Nose: Heavy Vanilla Frosting, Brown Sugar, Banana, slight tannins, leather. Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel. Banana, vanilla frosting, brown

This is a pick for a bar in Ohio, from the Tuthilltown distiller. I don’t know the age but can presume the 100% corn mashbill. Let’s see uh, if Hudson still isn’t awful. ABV: 50% Nose: Sawdust, Paint Varnish, Wet Cardboard, Palate: Heavy sawdust, wet cardboard, acetone, Finish: Too long, sawdust, heavy wet cardboard, musty, tannic Hudson continues to

This BTAC bottling comes to us from Buffalo Trace distiller as part of their yearly limited release. A wheated bourbon, 2020’s offering comes in at 12.5 years old. Let us see how this offering holds up. ABV: 67.25% Nose: Strong Cherry, Vanilla Bean, tobacco leaf, Dark chocolate, black pepper, Palate: Thick oily mouthfeel. Heavy cherry, tannins, tobacco leaf,

This comes to us from Jos. A. Magnus and is a blend of bourbons aged 18 and 11 years, and a light whiskey aged 9 year. Sources from un-disclosed distilleries, let’s see how well they chose this blend. ABV: 51.5% Nose: Toffee, Vanilla Frosting, slight buttery popcorn, faint black pepper. Palate: Medium buttery mouthfeel. Vanilla Frosting, light black

This is a product from Buffalo Trace a “Full Proof” of their Weller line that is bottled at the proof the original distillate is put into the barrel. Let’s see how it holds up. I had this blind, so keep that in mind while reading my review. ABV: 57% Nose: Cherry, vanilla cream, Dark Chocolate. Palate: Medium oily

This comes to us for Jim Beam and is their Cask Strength offering, Bookers. This batch is their 2nd of 2020 and clocks in at 6 years, 3 months, and 10 days old. I had this blind so keep that in mind while reading my notes. ABV: 63.25 Nose: Lighter nose, orange peel, toffee, oak spice. Palate: Medium

This comes from Jim Beam and their Bookers line, a cask strength offering batch that is released 3 times per year with a whimsical name. This one is the 3rd batch of 2020, and comes in at 6 years, 6 months, and 7 days old. I had this blind, so keep that in mind while

This product comes to us form Heaven hill. It is wheated bourbon, released in similar fashion to Elijah Craig Barrel proof with three batches every year. With an age ranging from 6-8 years and bottled at cask strength. Let’s see how it holds up. I had this blind, and then was revealed the bottle, so