Elmer T Lee is produced by the good people of Buffalo Trace in Frankfort, Kentucky. It is a small batch single barrel bourbon named after Buffalo Trace’s former master distiller, who took up this role…

When I first got to know this William Larue Weller, albeit the 2012 release, I loved it immediately and went looking for another sample. WhiskyGorillaz was the place to be. This WLW was distilled in the…

Stranahan is a bit special. They use four types of malt, hence making it not a bourbon, but rather a single malt. The distillery only fills about 40 barrels a week for maturation in the very hot climate…

The Elijah Craig 20 Year Old is the follow up to the popular 18 Year Old. Upon release it won the American Whiskey of the Year award. Elijah Craig is considered to be the father of bourbon. It is prod…

Because of the low volumes of production, this is a rather rare bourbon. Julian Van Winkle Sr started his career as sales rep for W.L. Weller & Sons at the age of 18 in 1893. In 1908 he bought the com…

This Stagg is 15 years old, bottled in 2006. Apparently the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection was not yet conceived, for this one got the title Hazmat III, whatever that means. Anyway, I am putting it…

The Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve exists, next to this 15 Year Old, in a 20 and 23 years old as well, albeit at a somewhat lower ABV. This one was bottled at 107 proof, or 53,5% ABV.The nose is pred…

The Sazerac 18 forms, together with the Eagle Rare 17, George T Stagg, William Larue Weller and Thomas H Handy, the so-called Buffalo Trace Antique Collection. Just like the Eagle Rare and contrary to…

The George T Stagg 2010 is a 17 year old, distilled in the autumn of 1993 and bottled in 2010. With an ABV of 71,5%, this is quite a monster! I have already alerted the Fire Departement.On the nose it…

Dallas Dhu was originally named Dallasmore, but because their best known blend was called Roderick Dhu (after a character from Sir Walter Scott’s Lady of the Lake), it was rechristened Dallas Dhu, which…