American Whiskey reviews

This bottle is dated 2-13-12. Nose: Following an initial burst of sour flower petals, there is a steady stream of cake frosting and confectionery sugar. Lightly dusty and smoky, trace amounts of the…

Balcones from Waco, Texas is starting to pop on the east coast as of late. The bottle I'm tasting is from batch TB12-3, with a date of 8/13/12. This is a cask strength bottling so I've added a touch of…

Nose: Rather dusty from the start and also smoky, which is followed by a sourness. The corn is obvious and flits between what you'd expect corn meal for tortillas to smell like and slightly sweet corn…

For reference, this is for Batch No. 6, Bottle Bo. 1949, and I paid about $40.00 for this bottle. Had the pleasure of tasting through the whole High West lineup with a distillery rep at Winebow's NYC…

Black licorice, caramel, chocolate, honey, and maple syrup adorn the very dark nose. Another review hit the nail on the head with furniture polish! Unctuous and chewy on the palate. Along with the bea…

So this is a BARRELED Manhattan, made with rye whiskey and vermouth. Quick story behind the name: Utah wanted to be 36th and decisive congressional vote to repeal prohibition, and they did. Really nice…

Disclaimer: I'm not really a Bourbon guy.There's definitely a sweetness to this dram on the nose and on the palate. My conundrum is this: without a splash of water, it's a bit aggressive for me but with…