Barrel Company is an awesome new start up out of New England who are taking a new spin on sourcing great whiskey Company on Label: New England Barrel Company Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: 70% Corn, 21% Nice chocolate rye spice. Wax paper with a light black pepper sprinkled over it. Rye grain nestled well into a savory oak. It just goes to show that there really no hard and fast rules in the world of whiskey.

As if the world of whiskey wasn't already confusing enough. Company on Label: Buffalo Trace Whiskey Type: Kentucky Straight Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: Buffalo Trace Mash Bill #1 (Low Rye < 10%) Proof: 130.2° Age: NAS (~8 years) Further identification: Batch 23A Oh yeah, barrel funk sticks around and is reinvigorated in spades with the introduction of the whiskey My favorite part of the Stagg Jr releases is that they deliver so much to talk about as a whiskey writer

backdropped by one of their most delicious single barrel bourbon releases they chose to offer up to the whiskey Their website states that this batch is: a marriage of high-rye barrels and high-corn barrels ranging Company on Label: Barrell Craft Spirits Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: Undisclosed blend of TN, KY, and IN mash bills (high rye and high corn bourbons) Proof: 116.6° Age: 5 years (a blend of This feels very well crafted and would be a good gateway pour to some higher age statements for whiskey

Taylor Barrel Proof has typically garnered general approval from the whiskey community writ large. Company on Label:  Old Fashioned Copper Distillery (Buffalo Trace) Whiskey Type:  Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Mash Bill Percentages: Buffalo Trace Mash Bill #1 (Low Rye < 10%) Proof:  131.1° Age:  NAS ( Now that the depth of the whiskey starts to ramp up a bit, spruce boughs and damp earth say, "get outside Ultimately, it lacks the captivation that a good whiskey will typically hold me in.

Label: Bardstown Bourbon Company - this will be bottled under the "Hirsch" label (Distilled in Indiana) Whiskey nose feels very well put together and will certainly offer an approachable yet satisfying softness to whiskey this definitely didn't feel like it chartered into completely new territory or set a new bar for what whiskey something like this when I am in a group setting and we are chatting about things that maybe aren't whiskey It's easy to enjoy for everyone, and if you take the time to notice - it really is a great whiskey.

Weller Special Reserve Company on Label: Buffalo Trace Whiskey Type: Wheated Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages identification: One Stop Liquors store pick, 2020 purchase Weller Antique 107 Company on Label: Buffalo Trace Whiskey

He didn't put up with any foolishness and made sure Booker was set straight. Beam Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: 75% Corn, 13% Rye, 12% Barley Proof: 125.5° Age: 7 The changing of notes seems to indicate further passing of time as the good subparts of this whiskey Overall this whiskey drinks incredibly close to the high proof Knob Creek profile with a little more This whiskey really took me on a journey.

Company on Label: Michter's Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: Undisclosed (presumed sourced The finish is long and slow, building up from molasses and pears into a rye spice crescendo that leaves

Beam Whiskey Type: Blended Whiskey Mash Bill Percentages: Undisclosed Blend Proof: 128.2° Age: 4 (Blend of 4 year old bourbon, 6 year old rye + malt whiskeys, and 13 year old corn whiskey) Further identification Beam Whiskey Type: Blended Whiskey Mash Bill Percentages: Undisclosed Proof: 118.8° Age: 8 (Blend of 8 year Kentucky rye, 13 year Canadian Rye and 40 year Canadian corn whiskey) Further identification: Beam Whiskey Type: Blended Whiskey Mash Bill Percentages: Undisclosed Proof: 122.8° Age: 4 (Blend of

Barrels were filled on December 29th, 2005, from a mash bill of 78% corn, 10% rye, and 12% malted barley , this whiskey would spend the next 18 years in rickhouse 1I at the Bernheim location. So, he had each of its two doublers packed with copper mesh to increase important contact with the whiskey Company on Label: Heaven Hill Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: 78% Corn, 10% Rye, 12% Malted The Heaven Hill team continues to prove they have some masterclass whiskey blending skills with this

Despite this being a whiskey that almost nobody other than the most ardent whiskey enthusiasts or deep-pocketed : Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Mash Bill Percentages: Undisclosed bourbon mash bill (a minimum of This is undeniably good whiskey! Beginning in Irish whiskey before expanding into bourbon, rye, and beyond, he has long been taking the resonance in the patient conveyance of an honest whiskey review.

Company on Label: Blanton Distilling Company Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: Buffalo Trace Mash Bill #2 (Higher Rye 12-15%) Proof: 80° Age: 8 years Further identification: This single barrel Sugary strawberry and watermelon produces a profile I’ve never experienced on a whiskey before. I can’t help but find parallels to some fantastic Irish whiskeys in this glass. this gets marketed towards the Japanese market which is in general much closer to the Scotch and Irish whiskey