Content with the tag: Bourbon
A pilgrimage to Michter’s distillery
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 […]
Balvenie 15 years Single Barrel
Balvenies 15 years old is a bottled 50,4% Cask strength. It is a so called single barrel which means that the whiskey comes from a single barrel (bourbon).
Because a Balvenie 15 always comes from one barrel the strength and…
Bruichladdich 18 Year old
A new addition to the Bruichladdich core range, this has been matured for eighteen years in Bourbon casks and then in Willi Opitz Trocken Beeren Auslese (very sweet) red pinot wine casks.
Buffalo Trace: “Single Oak” Project
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 […]
Four Roses releases new 17 yr. old bourbon to celebrate 100th Anniversary
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 […]
Glenrothes Distillery
Glenrothes Distillery is loacated beside the Burn of Rothes in the Speyside region. The Glenrothes is used in blended scotch whiskies such as Cutty Sark and The Famous Grouse. The Glenrothes is owned by Berry Brothers and Rudd.
Production
The Glenrothes…
Knappogue Castle 1995
The latest vintage in this award-winning series of Irish single malts was distilled by Bushmils in 1995 and bottled in 2007, the oldest release to date. The Whiskey has a pale golden color, a lingering silkiness on the palate.
Irish…
Macallan Fine Oak 10 YO
The Macallan Fine Oak is a triple cask which means the the whisky is matured on three different oak casks, Spanish sherry, American sherry and bourbon casks. This process creates a unique Macallan character with a lightly and dryer character…
Malt Advocate Magazine’s “Top Ten New Whiskies” for 2009
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 […]
Malt Advocate Whisky Awards “American Whiskey of the Year”: Parker’s Heritage Collection “Golden Anniversary” Bourbon
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 […]