down to earth whisk(e)y reviews and points of view
INVERGORDON 31-YEAR SiB CASK STRENGTH SCOTCH 2018 store pick from K&L MASH BILL – NAS (single grain scotch) PROOF – … Continue reading Invergordon 31-Year-Old Single Barrel Cask Strength Scotch
BLANTON’S SINGLE BARREL Barrel #1587 bottled 9/12/18 MASH BILL – Buffalo Trace Mash Bill #2 (high-rye) PROOF – 93 AGE … Continue reading Comparison: Blanton’s Single Barrel / Blanton’s Straight From The Barrel
TOM’S FOOLERY CASK STRENGTH BOURBON K&L Single Barrel #121 (2019) MASH BILL – 56% corn, 25% rye, 19% barley PROOF … Continue reading Revisiting: Tom’s Foolery Cask Strength Bourbon
FOUR ROSES BARREL STRENGTH SiB OBSK Selected by Bounty Hunter, Napa Valley, CA, 2016 MASH BILL – 60% corn, 35% … Continue reading Four Roses Barrel Strength Single Barrel OBSK
OLD POTRERO STRAIGHT MALT WHISKEY 2017 K&L store pick, finished in a chardonnay cask MASH BILL – 100% Rye PROOF … Continue reading Bottle Kill: The 1st Old Potrero Straight Malt Whiskey Single Barrel
KNOB CREEK SINGLE BARREL RYE Barrel #5781 selected by K&L (2018) MASH BILL – Unstated (rumored “barely legal,” i.e. just … Continue reading Revisiting: Knob Creek Single Barrel Rye (2018)
ELIJAH CRAIG SMALL BATCH Randall’s Wines & Spirits SiB (2019) MASH BILL – 78% corn, 10% rye, 12% barley PROOF … Continue reading Bottle Kill: A Well-Aged Elijah Craig Small Batch Single Barrel
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…
WOODFORD RESERVE DOUBLE OAKED Single Barrel picked by Plumpjack Wines & Spirits (2019) Nicknamed “Richard III” MASH BILL – 72% … Continue reading Revisiting: Woodford Reserve Double Oaked, selected by Richard III
WILLETT FAMILY ESTATE BOTTLED SINGLE BARREL BOURBON Barrel #4747 MASH BILL – 52% corn, 38% rye, 10% barley PROOF – … Continue reading Comparison: Willett 5 Year Single Barrel Bourbon / Willett 4 Year Small Batch Rye
WILD TURKEY 101 Bottled in 2001 MASH BILL – 75% corn, 13% rye, 12% barley PROOF – 101 AGE – … Continue reading Comparison: Wild Turkey 101 / W.B. Saffell / Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel
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
