A while back, Rosemary and I had lunch at the Willett Distillery. Drew Kulsveen joined us for drinks after we had eaten and gifted us this bottle of his wheat recipe Bourbon. It has an eight year age statement on... Continue Reading →
Matt and I tasted this whiskey at the Heaven Hill cigar event a few weeks ago. We knew then that this was an extraordinary whiskey and we both purchased a bottle when the distillery made them available to the participants... Continue Reading →
I have always liked Kentucky Peerless Rye Whiskey. Corky Taylor listened to my discussion of barrel entry proof and lowered their barrel entry proof to 107, and it improved the flavor of their new make. They liked the flavor so... Continue Reading →
For the third year running, Matt and I like to pick our favorite whiskey that we tasted during the year, picking from our whiskeys of the month for the year. This year we had twelve excellent candidates. Any one of... Continue Reading →
The whiskey of the month for October is the 2024 release of Shenk’s Sour Mash. We selected Shenk’s in a blind tasting of several whiskeys that were stand outs this year. Shenk’s is a Sour Mash Whiskey, which means it... Continue Reading →
The other day, Rosemary and I stopped in at the Peerless Distillery. I love their whiskeys with their low barrel entry proof of 107 and the fact that they bottle all of their whiskeys at cask strength. We picked up... Continue Reading →
Matt and I pick our Whiskey of the Month from the whiskeys that we taste each month. Once again, Michter’s has won this honor. The Ten Year Old Rye is an excellent whiskey and beat out Maker’s Mark The Heart... Continue Reading →
Michter’s recently released this year’s 10 year old Bourbon and I received a bottle from the distillery. As Michter’s always does, the whiskey was aged for flavor and not just age. This whiskey is older than the 10 year old... Continue Reading →
This month was a hard choice for the whiskey of the month. We had several whiskeys to choose from and decided on the Hard Truth Four Grain Bottled-in-Bond over Michter’s Barrel Strength Rye and Old Elk Cigar Cut Bourbon. We... Continue Reading →
