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Mike And Matt Taste Jeptha Creed Bruce’s Blue Bourbon

I like the Bourbon Jeptha Creed is distilling. Joyce Nethery is a talented distiller and they are a farm to bottle distillery. They usually make their Bourbon with Bloody Butcher red corn, but this is a Bourbon made with blue... Continue Reading →

Flashback Friday – T. W. Samuels Bourbon circa 1977

The other day, Matt and I tasted this whiskey for our YouTube channel. It is a Heaven Hill Bourbon, but it was not always part of Heaven Hill. The brand was created by the Samuels family in 1844 at Samuels... Continue Reading →

Mike And Matt Taste Hard Truth Mizunara Barrel Finished Reserve

Hard Truth Distillery in Nashville, Indiana makes excellent sweet mash whiskey. This Bourbon is a wheat recipe Bourbon finished in Mizunara barrels. It is a very sweet flavored Bourbon with lots of chocolate and fruit, but it is not overly... Continue Reading →

Mike And Matt Taste Noble Oak Double Oak Bourbon Finished With Sherry Oak Staves

Noble Oak is bottled in Newtown, Ohio. The company is owned by A21 Wine & Spirits (having purchased it from Edrington in 2024) and they source this whiskey from MGP in Indiana and finish it in Ohio. They have a... Continue Reading →

Mike And Matt Taste Starlight Cigar Blend Bourbon Finished In Amburana Barrels

I like the whiskeys that Ted Huber is distilling in Starlight, Indiana. He is a very talented distiller. This cigar blend is no exception. I tasted it at a BARDS meeting a few weeks ago and really liked the Bourbon.... Continue Reading →

Flashback Friday – Old Taylor Bonded – Fall 1967 – Spring 1975

The other day, Matt and I did a YouTube video on this bottle of Old Taylor Bottled-in-Bond. We liked it so much that we decided to make it a Flashback Friday blog. The whiskey was made at the Old Taylor... Continue Reading →

Mike and Matt Taste Appalachian Barrel Company Single Barrel Bourbon

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 →

Whiskey Of The Month – April 2026 – Michter’s Ten Year Old Bourbon

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 →

Mike And Matt Taste Yellowstone 7 Year Old Bourbon

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 →

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