Palate Comparison: Two Perspectives on Remus Repeal Reserve Batch V

REMUS REPEAL RESERVE Batch V (2021) MASH BILL – 41% is a 75% corn / 21% rye / 4% malted … Continue reading Palate Comparison: Two Perspectives on Remus Repeal Reserve Batch V

Happy Not Hunting

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

MAKER’S MARK WOOD FINISHING SERIES Stave Profile SE4 x PR5 (2020) MASH BILL – 70% corn, 16% wheat, 14% malted … Continue reading Reflecting on an old friend with the Maker’s Mark 2020 Limited Release

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

WOODINVILLE CASK STRENGTH RYE distillery-only release (2021) MASH BILL – 100% rye PROOF – 116.62 AGE – 5 to 6 … Continue reading Woodinville Cask Strength Rye

NEW RIFF BOURBON Single barrel #15-4911 selected by K&L (2019) MASH BILL – 65% corn, 30% rye, 5% malted barley … Continue reading New Riff Barrel Proof Single Barrel Bourbon – Store Pick!

BLADE AND BOW I bought this particular bottle in late 2017 or early 2018 MASH BILL – Unknown PROOF – … Continue reading Blade and Bow – cheap marketing or great bourbon?

“The right way to drink whiskey is the way you like to drink it.” This sentiment is often expressed, in … Continue reading Whiskey’s Ecology of Welcome — on curiosity and the (in)curious advent of tater haterism

WESTWARD SINGLE MALT Tempranillo Cask Exclusive Westward Club SiB Release (2021) MASH BILL – 100% two-row barley PROOF – 90 … Continue reading Westward Single Malt Whiskey – Tempranillo Cask Finish

My first taste of Westward Whiskey was a doozy, a 131-proof Single Malt single barrel, selected by K&L in 2019. … Continue reading Interview: Christian Krogstad / Founder and Master Distiller of Westward Whiskey