The Heaven Hill Distillery team certainly had their work cut out for them after putting on a true blending years of aging that the single barrels don't get, or perhaps the blending skill of the team at Heaven Hill Company on Label: Elijah Craig (Heaven Hill) Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: 78% Corn, 10%

Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, Kentucky Whiskey Type:  Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey Mash Bill Percentages:  Undisclosed Buffalo Trace mash bill # 1 (high corn, low rye, malted barley) Proof:  129.2 After a sip, the nose is sharper, filled with black pepper aromas that tingle and steer the nose clear

either, and find that craft distilleries are far more enticing when it comes to this style of mash bill Percentages: Undisclosed (Buffalo Trace high rye mash bill) Proof:   100° Age:  NAS (4+ years) Further identification: The mash bill is undisclosed, but it's long been assumed Buffalo Trace's rye mash bill The finish brings in some cardamon that reminds me slightly of dill pickles but falls off rather fast There's something to enjoy here. ) There's something to appreciate about a rye whiskey willing to be

Label: Buffalo Trace Distillery, Frankfort, KY Whiskey Type: Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey Mash Bill Percentages: Undisclosed Buffalo Trace mash bill # 1 (high corn, low rye, malted barley) Proof: 125.2 pepper, molasses, gingerbread cookie, and dark caramel come together in a classic bourbon profile that fills Sipping this feels like waking up on the right side of the bed, finding a surprise hundred dollar bill

Company on Label: Elijah Craig (Heaven Hill) Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: 78% Corn, 10% Well, the blending team at Heaven Hill have really outdone themselves again.

When you taste on premise at Heaven Hill they usually let you pull from the barrel yourself with a copper Company on Label: Elijah Craig (Heaven Hill) Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: 78% Corn, 10% 130.0° Age: 8 years Further identification: Barrel serial number 6652930 is an 8 year pick from Heaven Hill Bright linen/paper characteristic shows up later in the glass like I find on the Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond

Company on Label: Old Fitzgerald Distillery (Heaven Hill) Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages I find this nose to be quite moody and brooding with the dark earth tones really presenting the most The A120 nose presents with much more of that white-washed, bright paper quality that some Heaven Hill

These are intended to be short, sweet and as digestible as the whiskey we fill our glasses with. Empire Distilling Whiskey Type: Blend of Straight Whiskeys (a combination of rye and bourbon) Mash Bill Percentages: A blend of rye and bourbon mash bills Rye: 94% rye, 1% wheat, 5% malted barley Bourbon: Hints of plastic are a true oddity for something with as little malt content as the stated mash bills Anyone who has had MGP's 95/5 rye mash bill will recognize this mouthfeel and flavor immediately.

At a slightly higher proof than the original Blanton's and with a higher rye mash bill, Blanton's Gold Company on Label:  Blanton Distilling Company Whiskey Type:  Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: Buffalo Trace Mash Bill #2 (Higher Rye 12-15%) Proof:  103 ° Age:  6-8years MSRP: $129.99 (2025) Further Identification Upon first lifting the glass to my nose, after an unintentional long rest, I find a good amount of oak filling

At the core of its character lies a high rye mash bill made with 74% total rye, composed of 61% Pennsylvania  Liberty Pole Spirits (Mingo Creek Distillers) Whiskey Type: Pennsylvania Straight Rye Whiskey Mash Bill The mash bill has been perfectly mellowed by the wood interactions you would expect from the Appalachian The empty glass smells of a verdant forest floor, leather-bound books, and breakfast doilies littered I didn't find the brackish river of Alaska, the salmon being heated over an open flame with lemon, dill

Then I was invited down to Kentucky to help pick another barrel from Heaven Hill. When I pick a barrel I have to have the following conditions met for me to be willing to put my name on it: I have to love the whiskey enough to be willing to buy a minimum of 6 bottles of it for myself (Heaven Hill) Whiskey Type: Bourbon Mash Bill Percentages: 78% Corn, 10% Rye, 12% Barley Proof: 125.1 Peanut brittle, toffee and classic Heaven Hill vanilla are omnipresent aromas as I inhale off the surface

I'm clearly not new to this bottle, if you notice the fill level on mine, so I'm well calibrated to what Label: Mitchell & Son (Distilled at Midleton Distillery) Whiskey Type: Finished Irish Whiskey Mash Bill Irish whiskey; it is finished in bourbon barrels, sherry butts and Portuguese madeira casks; it is non-chill I do enjoy what can be found in between the waves of heat and pain as lemon pudding, cream-filled white