Bourbon

This is a limited release from Wild Turkey, there were 25 barrels aged at the Camp Nelson Site. These barrels were aged for 15 years, bottled at cask strength, were non-chill filtered, and had no color added. Let’s see how this release holds up. ABV: 57.3% Nose: Heavy Spice, Black Pepper, Candied Orange Peel, slight Mustiness, Tobacco […]

This is a bourbon from Brown Forman. It is of their yearly LE. This particular year came from 120 barrels that were distilled in 2008 and aged for 11 years that yielded 13,200 bottles. Let’s see how it holds up. ABV: 52.5% Nose: Baking spices, pepper, nutmeg, slight cinnamon. Classic Vanilla cream, brown sugar, Palate: Medium mouthfeel. Caramel,

This is an experimental release from New Riff. For this one, they took their bottled in bond bourbon, and then they backset some prior distillation from peat smoked malted barley which was mashed with their standard bourbon release. This is 65% corn, 30% rye, 5% malted barley peated backset. ABV: 50% Nose: Caramel, vanilla, oak spice, slight

This is a Private Select bottled for the State of Ohio from Makers Mark. The stave Combination was 4 Baked American Pure, 1 Seared French Cuvee, 1 Makers 46, and 4 Toasted French Spice. Let’s see how it turned out. I tried this blind and was then revealed the bottle, so keep that in mind

This is a bourbon from Smooth Ambler, it is a 5 year old, sourced MGP whiskey. This is their new line of young MGP bourbons for their standard shelf offerings, and was non chill filtered and non carbon filtered. I had this blind so keep that in mind when reading my notes. ABV: 49.5% Nose: Tame, light

This is a craft distiller based out of French Lick Indiana. Seelbachs selected this bourbon. This distillery uses a double bot still, ages in a 53 gallon 2 char barrel, and uses a unique 4-grain mash bill of Corn, Wheat, Oats, and Caramel Malt. I had this blind, so keep that in mind while reading

This is a Knob Creek Single Barrel picked by and for longhorn steakhouse. This was aged for 14 years and then bottled at 60% abv. I tasted this blind, so keep that in mind when reading these notes. ABV: 60% Nose: Punchy, heavy spice, black pepper, caramel, oak spice, cherry cola. Palate: Medium mouthfeel, orange peel, black pepper,

This is one of Buffalo Traces products of their standard line. It has no age statement, but is bottled in bond, and falls to much of the usual Buffalo Trace hype machine. ABV: 50% Nose: Vanilla, oak spice, slight cherry, toffee. Palate: Medium mouthfeel, vanilla cream, cherry, slight oak, cinnamon. Finish: medium length, warm, slight apple, toffee, vanilla. Rating: 6/10

This bottling today comes to us from Wild Turkey’s Master keep line, which is their limited release line that they have brought us things like Decades, 17 year, and Sherry finished bourbons to market. This one comes in at 17 years aged, Bottled in Bond designation. This was aged in the Camp Nelson Rickhouses. Let’s

Jack Daniels Heritage Barrel is a limited release from 2019. These barrels were heated and toasted before being charred, put into the barrel at 100 proof, then aged in the highest part of the barrelhouse. This release was a limited number of barrels, with each bottle coming from a single barrel. This comes to us