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Posted on June 8, 2020 by Eric Middleton
About – Peerless is one of the many distilleries that have been resurrected of late. Bringing back a name that hasn’t been seen in the bourbon industry since prohibition. Cork and Carson Taylor (grandson and great grandson of the former distillery owner Henry Kraver)…
Category: Reviews Tags: barrel proof, bourbon for the masses, bourbon review, Kentucky Straight Bourbon, Peerless, Small Batch, whiskey review
Posted on December 3, 2019 by Eric Middleton
About – “John J., Abraham, Joseph, and Isaac Bowman were Virginia militia officers in the American Revolutionary War. This hand-crafted bourbon whiskey is a tribute to their heroism. Our Bowman Brothers Small Batch Bourbon is distilled three times using the finest corn, rye, and…
Category: Reviews Tags: A. Smith Bowman, bourbon review, bowman borthers, Buffalo Trace, pot still, Sazerac, Small Batch, straigh virginia bourbon, whiskey review
Posted on March 31, 2018 by Eric Middleton
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…
Category: Articles Tags: 100 proof, allocated, Antique Collection, Barrel Select, Beam Suntory, Bonded, booker now, booker's, Bottle in Bond, bourbon, Buffalo Trace, cask strength, E.H. Taylor, Eagle Rare, Elijah Craig, Fronteir Whiskey, George T. Stagg, heaven hill, henry mckenna, high rye, historical, Kentucky, Kentucky Straight Bourbon, Maker's Mark, master's collection, MGP, Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style, OWA, Russell's Reserve, Sazerac, secondary market, Single Barrel, Small Batch
Posted on March 14, 2018 by Eric Middleton
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…
Posted on January 21, 2017 by Eric Middleton
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
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…
Category: Reviews Tags: Bottle in Bond, bourbon, Buffalo Trace, E.H. Taylor, Kentucky Straight Bourbon, review, Small Batch, whiskey