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Whiskey Of The Month – September, 2025 – Shenk’s Homestead Sour Mash Whiskey

Michter’s Distillery keeps putting out excellent whiskeys. The 2025 Shenk’s Homestead Sour Mash is no exception. The Sour Mash is called Sour Mash because it does not have enough corn to be a Bourbon or enough rye in the mash... Continue Reading →

Whiskey Of The Month – July, 2025 – Willett 8 Year Old Wheat Recipe Bourbon

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 →

Whiskey Of The Month – May, 2025 – Heaven Hill Heritage Collection 19 Year Old Wheat Whiskey

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 →

Whiskey Of The Month – April 2025 – Kentucky Peerless Toasted Barrel Rye Whiskey

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 →

Whiskey Of The Year 2024

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 →

Whiskey Of The Month October 2024 – Shenk’s Homestead Kentucky Sour Mash Whiskey 2024

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 →

Whiskey Of The Month – September 2024 – Peerless Toasted Barrel Finish Batch Two

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 →

Whiskey Of The Month – July 2024 – Michter’s 10 Year Old Rye

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 →

Whiskey Of The Month — May 2024 — Michter’s Ten Year Old Bourbon

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 →

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