Posted on March 31, 2018 by Eric Middleton
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If you have the money to spend, the bourbon secondary market can be a fantastic and magical place. All the bottles you have been unsuccessfully searching for are now at your fingertips. After first joining the market I was having a blast grabbing bottles…
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Posted on March 14, 2018 by Eric Middleton
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About – Booker’s is considered by many the bourbon responsible for creating the market for barrel proof bourbon’s. Named Booker’s because each barrel was hand chosen by Master Distiller Booker Noe, the task now done by his son Fred. Booker’s generally represents the best…
Category: Reviews Tags: barrel proof, Beam Suntory, booker now, booker's, booker's off your rocker, bourbon, bourbon review, cask strength, fred noe, high rye, Jim Beam, Kentucky, Kentucky Straight Bourbon, off your rocker, review, Small Batch, whiskey
Posted on October 27, 2017 by Eric Middleton
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About – This high proof, Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon was named for Henry McKenna, the Irish immigrant who adapted his family’s whiskey recipe to work the grains he found in Kentucky. Henry McKenna is the longest aged Bottled-in-Bond available today, resting in the barrel through 40 Kentucky…
Posted on October 27, 2017 by Eric Middleton
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About – Four Roses is a brand that carries a lot of historical weight holding the crown of being the top selling bourbon brand in the U.S. after prohibition through the 1950’s. The distillery located in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky opened in 1910. Today Four Roses is…
Posted on February 11, 2017 by Eric Middleton
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About – Founded by Tom Bulleit and now owned by Diageo, Bulleit bourbon is one the highest selling and most well known bourbons on the market today. It is known for its high rye content (28%) and its trademark bottle design. The whiskey in…
Posted on January 24, 2017 by Eric Middleton
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About – Maker’s Mark is one of those brands that everyone, including those who don’t drink bourbon, is familiar with. Any many ways it is the brand that started the modern bourbon revival as well. Maker’s is a wheated bourbon distilled in Loretto, KY by…
Posted on January 21, 2017 by Eric Middleton
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About – 1792 Small Batch is a product of the Barton distillery which is a member of the Sazerac conglomerate which also owns Buffalo Trace. 1792 gets its name from 1792 being the year that the state of Kentucky joined the union. It is a…
Category: Reviews Tags: 1792, Barton, bourbon, Buffalo Trace, Kentucky, Kentucky Straight Bourbon, review, Sazerac, Small Batch, whiskey, Woodford Reserve
Posted on January 18, 2017 by Eric Middleton
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About – Colonel E.H. Taylor is a name is that is drenched in bourbon history. He is the father of the bottled in bond act. Although that may seem of little importance today, at the time it was an important act to protect bourbon drinkers…
Posted on December 14, 2016 by Eric Middleton
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About – Old Weller Antique is a 107 proof wheated bourbon in the Weller line that is now produced by Buffalo Trace. As of the last few years Weller bourbons have taken off in popularity as part of the “Pappy” craze. The reason for this…
Category: Reviews Tags: barrel proof, bourbon, Buffalo Trace, Kentucky Straight Bourbon, OWA, review, w.l. weller, Weller, weller 107, weller antique, wheated bourbon, wheater, whiskey, William Larue Weller
Posted on November 11, 2016 by Eric Middleton
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About – Distiller’s Select is the flagship bourbon for Brown-Forman’s Woodford Reserve Brand. It is one of the most popular bourbons on the market and is easily recognizable thanks to it’s unique bottle shape. Woodford Reserve lays claim to being distilled in the oldest…
