So, as I settle into two years as a contributing writer here on AmongstTheWhiskey.com, what better time 11% corn, 15% malted barley, and 51% rye, 34% corn, 15% malted barley Proof: 116.7° (58.35%) Age: 4 years MSRP: $79.99 Further Identification: The distillery approximates that 90% of the high rye mashbill and 10% only complaint is the slightly dry finish and the lack of barrel funk I'm familiar with on other four-year

Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: A modified Buffalo Trace Mash Bill #1 which is normally Low Rye < 10% with a unique grain: amaranth Proof: 100° Age: NAS (but per the press release for this it's older than 10 years) Further identification: The Amaranth Grain of the Gods release was a one time release for the As the glass nears empty rich butterscotch jumps out at me. The nose once it opened up was really something special and the final tastes made me yearn for the rest

Included in this year's bracket in randomized order is: Green Spot, Redbreast 21, Tyrconnell 10 Year Yellow Spot, Bushmill's Prohibition Recipe, Northcross Triple Wood, Redbreast Lustau, Glendalough 13 Year Despite an early elimination for me last year, I want to note that my bottle of Lustau is very old & I've had it for the better part of probably 4-5 years and it's below half full. This is always so much fun every year, and I'd argue more fun than science for me.

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 Brooklyn (NY source undisclosed) Whiskey Type: Bourbon Whiskey Mash Bill Percentages: 85% NY corn, 10% NY rye, 5% NY malted barley Proof: 95° Age: 4.5 years Further identification: This is single barrel

season's change with their latest Fall Finishing Series release: A straight bourbon whiskey aged six years and finished in apple brandy barrels for 10-12 months. perfect tribute to Ohio, it is finished in our toasted American Oak Apple Brandy barrels, aged six years apple brandy barrels Mash Bill Percentages: 72% corn, 21% rye, 7% malted barley Proof:  129.2 ° Age:  6 years

Most folks might only ever get to see one of these releases in a given year, but I got superbly lucky Handy Sazerac Rye Whiskey, Eagle Rare 17-Year-Old Bourbon and Sazerac Rye 18-Year-Old Whiskey. After a 1 year hiatus of not being released, George comes back with an unmatched vengeance. this seems very much like your classic bourbon profile - one you might be able to easily get out of a 10 year Eagle Rare single barrel pick.

This year’s special release celebrates a brand new grain bill from the Jack Daniel Distillery - 100% I've previously enjoyed writing reviews on Jack Daniel's 10 year, triple mash, Coy Hill, and the blessed Malt Mash Bill Percentages: 100% Malted Barley Proof: 106.5° Age: NAS, but it described as being a 4 year whiskey that received another two years of finishing time; so this should drink akin to a 6 year release Simple, light, but still teeming with decent complexity; I'm impressed yet still yearning for more.

There was magic in the 3 release per year strategy, and honestly the blends are typically significantly it a priority) to get ahead of these batches, but at least take the most relevant batch to a shelf near Company on Label: Elijah Craig (Heaven Hill) Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: 78% Corn, 10% Rye, 12% Barley Proof: 124.8° Age: 12 years Further identification: Batch C922 is the third and final release of the 2022 calendar year Nose: On first lifting the glass sweet bread pudding, confectioners

Modern distillers shot past that number in 2020, and I'm certain the growth opportunities in those ZIRP years Malted Barley Proof: 100° Age: NAS (minimum 4 years) Further identification: This is the first release I find tons of barrel influence here without any of the tannin that the younger years of new American I have admittedly been working on this review since July of this year, never quite finding that I've year rye.

I've slowly sipped and managed to savor this over the course of a few years without too much volume going The quality has consistently improved through the years and their store has come to be one of my main Another sip is bright and sweet with floral tea notes proliferating alongside pear, grapefruit and creamy clearly tasted things they didn't like in their palate & finish sections, yet they still rated it a 7.X/10

I find star fruit, juicy pear and lychee that borders on a tannic quality without the bitter characteristic The nose is distinctly dusty layered on the oak aromas like most 10+ year bourbons will deliver. Whatever Willett was doing in 2020 with this release I hope has been the norm for the subsequent years

Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Mash Bill Percentages: Undisclosed low rye mash bill (estimated <10% ) Proof:  127.6° Age:  NAS (~8 years) Further identification:  This is the first release of Stagg in Dry pear, apricot, and peach can be found on deep pulls from the potent pool of liquid.