The Four Roses distillery turns 100, and they are celebrating with a new single barrel, barrel strength, 17 year old bourbon. (Price: $65–85.)
I received a press release (below) and review sample yesterday. I tasted it informally last night and really enjoyed it. My formal review will follow soon.
Four Roses Celebrates Distillery’s 100 Years
with Limited Edition […]
Mark Brown, President and CEO of Buffalo Trace Distillery, is such a tease.
Here is the landing page of a website that will expand into revealing a project that Mark is hopeful “will be the largest experimental project of its kind ever undertaken.”
That’s saying a lot. But, if anyone call pull it off, Buffalo Trace can. Stay […]
On Friday, I received a review bottle of the new Old Crow “Reserve” with a press release that states it is intended to compete with Evan Williams. So, I procured a bottle of Evan Williams (on sale for $8.99 right now here in Pennsylvania) and compared the two.
You wanted me to review value whiskeys. I’m […]
Here in Eastern Pennsylvania we got a lot of snow. (Again!) I just finished shoveling and snow blowing, and I getting in the mood for a whiskey. But what to start with this evening?
Problem solved! The folks at Beam Global just sent me a review bottle of the brand spanking new Old Crow Reserve, so […]
Here in Eastern Pennsylvania we got a lot of snow. (Again!) I just finished shoveling and snow blowing, and I getting in the mood for a whiskey. But what to start with this evening?
Problem solved! The folks at Beam Global just sent me a review bottle of the brand spanking new Old Crow Reserve, so […]
Ridgemont Reserve, 8 year old, 46.85%, $30
The last time I reviewed this whiskey was back in 2004, and this new bottling is an improvement. It’s beefier, thicker, and richer, with a good dose of rye spice. Very nice! Good balance of flavors on the nose and palate, with caramel custard, bright fruit (Clementine, golden raisin […]
Top Ten New Whiskies of the Year (listed alphabetically)
You will not be happy with the prices of some of these whiskies, but here’s our ten best new whiskies released in 2009 (keeping in mind that whiskies must have been for sale in the U.S. in the 2009 calendar year to be eligible).
The selection process for […]
Industry Leader of the Year
Mark Brown, President and CEO of Buffalo Trace Distillery
Mark is a visionary, incredibly driven, a clever businessman, and most importantly, passionate about whiskey. Like many other whiskey CEOs, he wants to make the perfect whiskey. But I have never seen anyone work this hard at it.
Buffalo Trace is conducting thousands of […]
I was born in Lebanon County, Pennsylvania, home of the Michter’s Distillery and Michter’s whiskey (which has most recently been sold under the A. H. Hirsch label). I remember buying and enjoying Michter’s whiskey for many years, while the distillery was open.
The distillery closed its doors for good on February 14th, 1990, and there’s an effort […]
American Whiskey of the Year
Parker’s Heritage Collection “Golden Anniversary,” 50%, $150
Fifty years is a long time to be working in one industry, and master distiller Parker Beam has done just that. This bottling celebrates Parker’s 50 years of service by mingling whiskey from each of the past five decades. (Although, I don’t think there’s a […]