I have been a friend of Todd Leopold for several years. He and his brother are from Michigan, where they learned distilling after several years of brewing beer. They later moved to Colorado where they built a distillery and started... Continue Reading →
I have been impressed with all of the whiskeys that I have tasted from the Frey Ranch Distillery located in Fallon, Nevada. I received this bottle the other day and was very pleased with the flavors of this rye whiskey.... Continue Reading →
It is that time of the year when Matt and I pick our favorite whiskeys from the past year. Once again, we disagreed on the best whiskey we have tasted this year. We started by blind tasting all twelve of... Continue Reading →
In the past, Matt and I reviewed the single barrel rye that was cask strength and sold only in the gift shop at the distillery. On my recent visit to Leiper's Fork Distillery, I picked up their Bottled-in-Bond Rye Whiskey.... Continue Reading →
Heaven Hill is celebrating ten years at the Evan Williams Experience in downtown Louisville. I find it hard to believe that it has been ten years on Whiskey Row already. They have released three whiskeys distilled at this location under... Continue Reading →
Maker’s Mark Cellar Aged Bourbon is their latest release. It is 85% 12 year old Bourbon and 15% 11 year old Bourbon. They have taken barrels of regular Maker’s Mark Bourbon after it was aged in the warehouses for five... Continue Reading →
Matt and I tasted this Bourbon back in April of this year. That was the first release of this whiskey and we both thought it was very good Bourbon. They have sold out of that release and have now had... Continue Reading →
Michter’s believes in quality over age statements. They do not release a whiskey just because it has reached a certain age. This dates back to the days when Willie Pratt was their Master Distiller. He was nicknamed “Dr. No” because... Continue Reading →
Michter’s Distillery in Shively, Kentucky, recently released the 10 Year Old expression of their Bourbon. They do this almost every year, but did not release a 10 year old Bourbon in 2022 because they did not think that they had... Continue Reading →
