Old Poindexter is an historic Kentucky Bourbon brand that was abandoned for many years. The distillery was in Harrison County, Kentucky, northwest of Cynthiana, Kentucky on the south fork of the Licking River. It was founded by John Poindexter in... Continue Reading →
I am not a big fan of mesquite in my Bourbon, so I have taken a long time to pick up a bottle of this whiskey. I was turned off to mesquite Bourbon back in the early 2000s when I... Continue Reading →
Jim Beam Double Oak Twice Barreled is not a new product, but we have just discovered it. It has been around for a couple of years, but I don’t often purchase whiskey so I was surprised to see it on... Continue Reading →
Old Elk is a historical brand that was revived in 2013 by Curt Richardson, who founded a distillery in Fort Collins, Colorado. The brand, however, started in Lexington, Kentucky. Back in 1880, Richard P. Stoll and Henry C. Clay opened... Continue Reading →
The other day I picked up a couple of bottles of Sagamore Rye Whiskeys while out at Westport Whiskey and Wine. We loved both of them but particularly the Double Oak Rye whiskey. It is a marriage of a rye... Continue Reading →
Matt was out the other day and spotted this bottle of Maker’s Mark Lost Recipe Series and he had never seen it before. He texted me and neither had I. So he purchased a bottle. It is a bottle that... Continue Reading →
Lexington, Kentucky was established in 1782 and named for Lexington, Massachusetts. Distilling was probably happening there, just as it was in most Kentucky settlements of the time, but there are no known to me distillers of that time. Farmer distillers... Continue Reading →
Buzzard’s Roost Distillery is located on Whiskey Row in Louisville, Kentucky. It is a small distillery who purchases new make whiskey and then re-distills it to make the whiskey that they bottle. They also have some sourced whiskey barrels that... Continue Reading →
Last month I received this bottle of Willett Bourbon from the distillery. Willett Distillery in Bardstown, Kentucky is making some excellent whiskeys and this bourbon whiskey is no exception. Willett rye is one of the whiskeys that Matt credits as... Continue Reading →
