This March, Michter’s Distillery will begin releasing its 10 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon. No Michter’s 10 Year Bourbon was shipped in 2022, so this will mark the first release of this single barrel whiskey since 2021. “I thought that the 10 Year Bourbon we are now releasing was drinking beautifully last year, but our Master Distiller Dan McKee and our Master of Maturation Andrea Wilson told me that with one more year of maturation it […]
According to their website, “Smoky Quartz Distillery, located on the Southern NH Seacoast, is a Veteran owned and operated artisanal “grain to glass” craft distillery that uses locally sourced New England grain and other US sourced ingredients to distill truly exceptional spirits. The distillery is named after the official New Hampshire Gem Stone which is the “Smoky Quartz” crystal. All Smoky Quartz Spirits are handcrafted in small batches and artfully distilled from only the highest quality […]
Born early in the 19th century, 40 years after the signing of the Declaration of Independence George A. Dickel was an established Nashville merchant when he entered the whisky business. Dickel grew his reputation for selling the smoothest, most mellow spirits in the region. Geo. A. Dickel & Co. was born and when the Cascade Hollow Distillery opened in 1878 when George Dickel bought a large share. George Dickel followed in the Scottish tradition of spelling […]
Rabbit Hole Heigold Bourbon is named after a German immigrant named Christian Heigold, a stonecutter. He moved to Louisville, Kentucky (USA) from Germany in the 1840s. This was a period of unrest with unprovoked attacks on Irish and German immigrants. Not long after the infamous Bloody Monday incident in 1855, he built his house. In order to prove his patriotism and loyalty to America, he carved inscriptions and busts of American notables into the facade […]
Heaven’s Door first entered the marketplace in 2018. The brand is produced in partnership by legendary musician Bob Dylan along with the Chicago-based venture capital firm Spirits Investment Partnership (SIP). On paper this is not a typical celebrity endorsement type of deal. Ryan Perry serves as Heaven’s Door Master Blender as well as Co-Founder of the company. Prior to Heaven’s Door he worked for spirits giant Diageo where he worked directly with Distillers and Master Blenders. […]
With this being this is our first ever liquor of the year, we needed to come up with a criteria for the selection process. Does a drink I had a the local bar count, or the pour I had with friends. We decided to keep it simple, what we reviewed from the start of our website until the cut off of December 1st would be eligible. When we looked back at the year there were […]
A. Smith Bowman Distillery, prior back-to-back “World’s Best Bourbon” winner at the World Whisky Awards, today unveils A. Smith Bowman Cask Strength Bourbon Batch #2. Aged a minimum of 10 years with barrels hand-selected by Master Distiller Brian Prewitt and Distiller David Bock, the annual cask strength offering is bottled uncut and non chill-filtered to offer fans the purest whiskey-drinking experience. The second cask strength release from Virginia’s oldest distillery pushes the limits of high […]
As a cigar smoker I learned early that some things are hard to find and not always with the chase. Since I first had Russell’s 13 Years Old Bourbon this summer at a local bar, I have been chasing it because it was that good. But unlike cigars, finding some bourbons in the state of New Hampshire is downright difficult due to the state owned liquor stores that have made it hard for consumers to […]
Fans of extra aged and uncut, unfiltered whiskies will be excited to see Buffalo Trace Distillery is releasing its full lineup of Buffalo Trace Antique Collection (BTAC) this fall, including perennial favorite George T. Stagg. Last year, Buffalo Trace opted not to release its uncut, unfiltered 15-year-old George T. Stagg Bourbon because it did not meet the Distillery’s standards for the Stagg brand. This year, the team is happy to report that the 2007 Stagg […]
Michter’s Master Distiller Dan McKee and Michter’s Master of Maturation Andrea Wilson have approved a release of Michter’s 20 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon. Michter’s distributors and importers will begin to ship the 2022 edition in early November. “This is a whiskey that I really look forward to when Dan and Andrea decide to release it,” said Michter’s President Joseph J. Magliocco. “It’s remarkable that a 20 year bourbon can have so many wonderful qualities without […]