Revisiting AGAIN: Rubicon Rye – New Bottle, New Batch!

RUBICON RYE Fall 2021 MASH BILL – 100% rye PROOF – 96 AGE – NAS (according to their social media, … Continue reading Revisiting AGAIN: Rubicon Rye – New Bottle, New Batch!

Comparison: Two Hometown Bourbons – 31n50 Barrels 5 & 6

31n50 Barrel 5 MASH BILL – 70% corn, 21% rye, 9% barley PROOF – 142.6 AGE – 10 years 6 … Continue reading Comparison: Two Hometown Bourbons – 31n50 Barrels 5 & 6

During the 2021 bourbon hunting season, I haven’t hunted. And I feel great! At the time of this posting, Black … Continue reading Happy Not Hunting

RUBICON RYE 2019 release MASH BILL – 100% rye PROOF – 96 AGE – NAS (finished 6-18 months in a … Continue reading Revisiting: Rubicon Rye

It doesn’t matter if we’re talking about movies or theater, carpentry or gardening, baseball or chess… Most any such pursuit … Continue reading Why is “smooth” so thorny?

31N50 Barrel #5, bottle 60 (2019) MASH BILL – 70% corn, 21% rye, 9% barley PROOF – 142.6 AGE – … Continue reading 31n50 Bourbon Barrel #5

BODIE 5 DOG SINGLE MALT Barrel #3 (2019) MASH BILL – 100% two-row malted barley PROOF – 80 AGE – … Continue reading Revisiting: Bodie 5 Dog Single Malt California Whiskey

I recently had the great pleasure of sharing an epic rye flight at a friend’s place. Three of us gathered … Continue reading Nine Ryes, a Wheater, and a “Barely Legal” Bourbon walk into a bar…

When I first started this whiskey journey I wasted a lot of money on mistakes. (That still happens occasionally!) What … Continue reading Breaking In The Home Bar With No-Brainer Bottles That Won’t Break The Bank

BODIE 5 DOG SINGLE MALT Barrel 3, Bottle 332 (2019) MASH BILL – 100% 2-row barley PROOF – 80 AGE … Continue reading Comparison: Bodie 5 Dog / Rubicon Rye / 31n50