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Press Release: Heaven’s Door Bootleg Series V 18-Year Bourbon Finished in Spanish Vermouth Rouge Casks

Heaven’s Door has announced the highly-anticipated annual Bootleg Series release for 2023. Bootleg Volume V is an exceptional 18-year-old straight bourbon whiskey secondarily finished in Spanish vermouth rouge casks. The Bootleg Series offers rare and unreleased whiskeys with special blends and barrel finishes that showcase Heaven’s Door’s innovative approach to whiskey making. Each bottle is adorned with one of Dylan’s original paintings on a hand-crafted ceramic bottle and presented in a bespoke leather journal. ABV: 57% […]

November 3, 2023

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Press Release: J. Mattingly 1845 Distillery Opens in Frankfort, Ky

Mattingly 1845 Distillery, created by Jeff Mattingly, a descendant of distilling pioneer John Graves Mattingly, opened its distillery today in Frankfort, Ky. The new distillery features 23,000 square feet, which includes a gift shop, tasting bar, a small pot still, and a premier custom bourbon blending experience. The distillery will offer tours, tastings and the custom bourbon blending experience every day but Sundays. Previously located in Georgetown, Ky., the new location at 20 Reilly Road […]

November 2, 2023

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Bourbon Review: Four Roses Small Batch Select

Four Roses Small Batch Select is crafted from six unique bourbons. Four Roses uses 2 different mashbills along with 5 different yeast strains in order to create 10 unique bourbon recipes. Out of those 10 recipes 6 are blended together to make Small Batch Select – OBSV, OBSK, OBSF, OESV, OESK, and OESF. Understanding the recipes can be explained in the letters. The first letter is always O which designates the production facility, Four Roses Distillery. […]

November 1, 2023

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Bourbon Review: Barrel Bourbon Cask Finish Series – Tale of Two Islands

A few weeks back we share a press release from Barrel Craft Spirts (BCS) about their Cask Finish Series. The limited-edition Series utilizes the company’s blending and finishing expertise to make bespoke blends of straight bourbon whiskeys with unique finishes. The Cask Finish Series will introduce two blends each year one of which is the Tale of Two Islands. This release builds upon the legendary BCS 2018 Tale of Two Islands Rum: a Jamaican Rum matured […]

October 24, 2023

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Press Release: Buffalo Trace Distillery Releases Highly Anticipated Antique Collection for the Fall 2023 Season

Buffalo Trace Distillery has announced the return of its award-winning Antique Collection for the fall 2023 season, showcasing the products that best represent the Distillery’s exceptional craftmanship and dedication to distilling high-quality, award-winning spirits. This year’s portfolio includes all five Buffalo Trace Antique Collection (BTAC) staples: George T. Stagg Bourbon, Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye Whiskey, Sazerac Rye 18-Year-Old Whiskey, William Larue Weller Bourbon, and a milestone for this year, the oldest Eagle Rare 17-Year-Old […]

October 9, 2023

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Press Release: Buffalo Trace Distillery Announces The Prohibition Collection

Buffalo Trace Distillery is thrilled to announce The Prohibition Collection: an annual limited-edition, multi-bottle collection honoring the whiskeys that were legally produced and sold at the distillery during arguably the most contentious time period in alcohol history. Known then as the George T. Stagg Distillery, the debut release tributes five Prohibition Era-brands that have, until now, disappeared: Old Stagg, Golden Wedding, Three Feathers, Walnut Hill and George T. Stagg Spiritus Frumenti. From 1920 to 1933, the […]

September 26, 2023

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Press Release: Barrell Craft Spirits® Introduces New Cask Finish Series

Barrell Craft Spirits® (BCS), the original independent blender of unique aged, cask strength whiskey since 2013, today launched the new Barrell Bourbon Cask Finish Series. The limited-edition Series utilizes the company’s blending and finishing expertise to make bespoke blends of straight bourbon whiskeys with unique finishes. The Cask Finish Series will introduce two blends each year, beginning with the launch of the first two blends this Fall: Amburana and A Tale of Two Islands. Amburana […]

September 8, 2023

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Bourbon Review: Navigator Bourbon

Navigator Bourbon is a double cask aged Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Each lot is aged in barrels of new American white oak for 3 years. After 3 years, the bourbon is then transferred to Navigator Cabernet Sauvignon wine barrels for an additional 90 days of aging. The brand is brainchild of vintner Trevor Sheehan who has spent more than a decade in the wine profession. The company does not disclose where the bourbon is sourced […]

August 24, 2023

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Bourbon Review: Wild Turkey Longbranch Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Longbranch Bourbon was created in 2016 by Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame member and Wild Turkey Master Distiller Eddie Russell with cultural tastemaker Matthew McConaughey. United by a shared curiosity and love of great whiskey, Eddie and Matthew wondered what would happen if a Kentucky Bourbon took a road trip to Texas. Their creation – a small batch Kentucky Straight Bourbon, refined with American Oak and Texas mesquite charcoals – was named Longbranch, a reference […]

August 7, 2023

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Bourbon Review: Old Grand-Dad Kentucky Straight Bourbon (80 Proof)

From the bottle, “Since 1882, the unique marriage of body and flavor in Old Grand-Dad whiskey has been the standard by which all others are judged. Discover the high rye content and legendary time-honored excellence of the distiller’s craft found in every bottle.” Old Grand-Dad is a brand of bourbon whiskey that has been in production since 1882. It was created by Raymond B. Hayden, a third-generation distiller, and named after his grandfather, Meredith Basil Hayden, Sr., who was […]

August 1, 2023

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It all started in 1998 when I walked into a cigar shop for the first time in Brooklyn, NY. A desire to try something new led to life long friendships and a career in the cigar industry. I served as a shop manager, blogger, shop owner, writer, marketing coordinator, sales and was an award winning podcaster. After 25 years, I decided it was time to leave the cigar industry and I now work as a dispatcher for EMS, Fire & Police. Cigars are still as a passion of mine as is bourbon so I continue the legacy with this website.... Cheers & Long Ashes!