I have always liked the Old Fitzgerald Bourbons. It goes back to my days as archivist for United Distillers in 1991. Old Fitzgerald was an excellent product that I always looked forward to getting in the monthly bottle that they... Continue Reading →
On a recent trip to Mount Vernon, we picked up a bottle of their four year, nine month old rye whiskey. This is the 2025 release and it is a little different from the four year old rye I have... Continue Reading →
On a recent trip to Washington D.C., we had lunch at Mount Vernon. While there we picked up several bottles of their products, including their four year old apple brandy. I like a good apple brandy and we were not... Continue Reading →
The Midwinter Night’s Dram is a seasonal release from High West Distillery in Park City, Utah. It has always been a very good rye whiskey. This is Act 13 Scene 11 and is finished in Port wine barrels. It is... Continue Reading →
I have had these tasting notes for some time now, but they were misplaced and I just found them the other day. My apologies to the team at Michter’s because this excellent Rye whiskey should have been reviewed some months... Continue Reading →
Heaven Hill has created two “Grain to Glass” whiskeys – a Bourbon and a Rye Whiskey. I have had these bottles for some time now and Matt and I did a YouTube video on them back in March. We finally... Continue Reading →
When Kentucky Artisan Distillery opened their event space, they decided that they needed whiskeys to taste there that are distillery exclusive. They created four whiskeys for this purpose. I have three of them to taste here, but they unfortunately were... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago, I wrote about the collaboration between Liberty Pole and Dad’s Hat distilleries and the rye that they bottled together. It is a single barrel of rye whiskey from each distillery, mingled together to create this whiskey.... Continue Reading →


