From the single barrel bourbon press release in April of this year, we get the following story: Alex As our Fort Hamilton Single Barrel NY Rye comes of age, with batch 14 released this year at 5 years old , it was time to extend our hospitality into bourbon with a Single Barrel Bourbon made from all NY grain Fort Hamilton Single Barrel Bourbon is a spirit born of that same independent, revolutionary spirit and NY corn, 10% NY rye, 5% NY malted barley Proof: 95° Age: 4.5 years Further identification: This is single

Scottish expressions, both were once very common, and often used to this day by the handful of true “small pot The resulting whiskies when selected as single barrels became night and day expressions, the used oak Proof: 127.3° Age: 4 years (labeled as aged 4.5 years) Further identification: This unique whiskey is a single I'm still finding new notes as I take a sip near the bottom of the glass and a yummy graham cracker flavor

barrel proof train - I think it was when every store in the state of Massachusetts started getting single the 3 release per year strategy, and honestly the blends are typically significantly better than the single Another sip is heftier but still balanced and approachable. A larger sip and swish does elicit some of the latent spice, but it's still all baked-in, not a dominant

Hmm, still very interesting back at the other end; some bitter raisin notes evolving. Swirl still keeps this pour very different from the rest, some kind of wheat pasta going on here. Still kind of chalky at times, but turning more malty late in the glass. Apples. Post-sip still very traditional WFE unique citrus that I couldn't mistake anywhere. Still intense citrus zest forward. End of glass is super floral.

Pungent, intense typical-Taylor sweetness that reminds me a lot of the single barrel expressions I've I don't think it told a very compelling story overall for such a limited release, but I still thoroughly The nose on the single barrel is drastically neater and sweeter overall and my first sip confirms my The Single Barrel offering bursts forth with incredible sweetness and is marked by the distinct nerdz I'd easily give Amaranth the complexity nod, but the Single Barrel is definitely better.

authentic Monongahela-style rye whiskey using a grain-to-glass approach, sweet mash fermentation, double pot The fizziness continues to tingle in the nose like Pop Rocks in the nostrils. The finish is durable and inoffensive, giving a tip-of-the-tongue tingle with a kiss of candied green Sipping near the bottom of the glass is still nice without blowing us away, adding in subtle fruit complexity

How these blends get put together is still much of a mystery, but the tasting team at Michter's consists Age:  10 years (though commonly assumed to be older) MSRP:  $195 Further identification:  This is a single Despite all these qualms—it's still a crushable whiskey.

right, Bardstown took a blend of well-aged American bourbon and rye and gave it 32 additional months in single finishing barrels consisted of 84% ex-bourbon casks and 16% ex-sherry casks that previously held Jura single straight whiskies from Indiana and Kentucky was finished in ex-bourbon and ex-sherry casks used to age single

Palate: My first sip is much sweeter than the nose let on; tingling, effervescent wine grapes dance The tingling sensation and lemon peel zest that rush in afterwards course corrects that fallacy. whiskeys it would certainly fall somewhere in the middle of the pack given the light flavors, but I am still It's oily on the nose like a pot still Irish whiskey with intense sweetness reminiscent of a day spent

That's right... not a single whiskey since March has been able to crack into the upper echelons of my The legacy of the late great Dick Stoll lives on through those who have tasted his whiskey, such as the Some of those old low-and-slow practices are still in action today at Michter's, such as their low barrel looking for: a defining character in that cherry note, a lovely viscous mouthfeel, and a linger that just sings

Plum and raisin are highlighted in the areas of my mouth where the linger is tingling on the longest. The palate only has a hint of the oily copper pot characteristics I would've expected on this pour. I'd suggest you get yours while you still can if you want to try this.

my experience with the brand, I've thoroughly enjoyed the 94 proof shelf offering, the lower proof single barrel store picks, the 18 year old editions, and have even picked my own single barrel of Elijah Craig personally have found that the batched product tend to be much more consistently good than many of the single Perhaps I enjoy a couple extra years of aging that the single barrels don't get, or perhaps the blending skill of the team at Heaven Hill is really exceptional.