American Whiskey reviews

It is hitting the 90s in Tennessee now, so I went to grab a nice gose for doing yardwork. I saw this sitting on the shelf for $15. They had me once I read 'non-chill filtered.' This is Jim Beam Repeal…

While on a recent trip to Winnipeg, I was thrilled to find exclusive bottlings of both Maker's Mark Private Select and Knob Creek Single Barrel Rye. I'll write up the Knob Creek another time, but let's…

First thing to note is that this bottle is available almost everywhere and it comes at a very affordable price - currently £28 on amazon and at sainsburys. It’s not much more than my current favourite…

I bought this bottle in June of 2018. It's been open since then and is about half way through the bottle. Poured neat.Nose: bigtime leather, tobacco, oak, cherries, fuji apple, a lil grassy, cinnamon…

This whisky has been released by Sazerac, who have quietly been picking up old Seagram's brands including 15 brands last fall (including Seagram's VO, Five Star, and '83). They've been establishing a bit…

Last part of this Maker's trio.It is said that in figuring out the perfect formula for Maker's 46 that the distillery went through all kinds of permutations of oak types, char & toast levels before…

Ok round two in this Maker's Mark match-up courtesy of @paddockjudge.Maker's 46 was released sometime around 2010, it has the distinction of being the second products to be released by the distillery…

Yes another multi-part review...What can you do?Some months back I was graciously offered a trio of Maker's Mark Samples by @paddockjudge I am a sucker for this kind of comparison flight of whiskys also…

Splinter Group Spirits is an Independent ager and bottler which sources spirits from various distilleries. Straight Edge Bourbon is a blend of 5, 7, and 8 yo bourbons from unnamed distilleries in both…

This sample (courtesy of @paddockjudge) is from a bottle of Maker's Mark Private Select, from Liquor Locker in Hagerstown MD. Maker's Mark's Private Select program allows restaurants, bars and other…