Appalachian Barrel Company is not a distillery. They are rectifiers who source whiskey from other distillers. They are doing a very good job at sourcing their whiskey and bottle some very good bottles of whiskey. The company was founded by... Continue Reading →
Distillers have to have a talent for predicting the future. They have to predict what their sales are going to be for their whiskey for years in advance to make the right amount of whiskey to fill that demand. It... Continue Reading →
Once again, Michter’s has won our whiskey of the month. This is one of the best ten year old whiskeys that we have tasted from Michter’s. I have to believe that this ten year old Bourbon was distilled at Michter’s... Continue Reading →
Steve Beam sold part ownership in his Limestone Branch Distillery to Luxco in order to get the Yellowstone brand. He is related to the Dant Family that created the brand and he really wanted the brand to bring back the... Continue Reading →
I have received a lot of responses on my blogs about the prices of whiskey per bottle lately. I thought I would write something about the pricing of bottles here rather than answer the comments. Whiskey pricing has gone up... Continue Reading →
The other day, I opened a decanter bottle of Old Grand Dad and Matt and I tasted it. This bottle was made by National Distillers at the Old Taylor Distillery in the spring of 1963 and bottled in the fall... Continue Reading →
Bardstown Bourbon Company is well known for finishing Bourbon in interesting wood barrels. This latest Bourbon is finished in Garryana Oak from Oregon (a type of white oak). It is an interesting marriage of Bourbons. It has 80% Kentucky Bourbon... Continue Reading →
Bourbon and the distilling industry as a whole are going through some tough times today, but are they as bad as the bad days of the 1960s and 70s? I thought I would do a historical comparison of the two... Continue Reading →
Kentucky’s Bourbon Industry is struggling in the present days. There have been shut downs of distilleries as they cut back on production as demand is down. Consumers are not drinking as much Bourbon right now as the younger generation are... Continue Reading →
