American Whiskey reviews

Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr. was a principal player in the history of American whiskey. He became invested in Old Crow—the first great sour mash bourbon—in 1860, and eventually assumed partial ownership of…

This is the first whiskey I tried and I was quite pleased with it until I moved on to other, better whiskies. When I compared it to other whiskies such as Jameson, Maker's Mark, Tullamore Dew and Knob…

Back in 1984, Blanton’s was the world’s first single barrel bourbon. It means every batch will be slightly different and each of the characteristic bottles bears a bottling date, barrel number and war…

Neat. The pour is a deep orange amber with thick, widely spaced legs dripping down. Looks great.Nose: At first there is a lot of apple cider vinegar. Then it moves to spicy sherry and sweet toffee notes…

Neat. The pour is a deep, reddish amber with thick, slow tears.Nose is baked cherry pie, cherries jubilee, sweet maraschino cherry.Taste brings mild burn in the back, subdued warming alcohol, with tart…

The nose starts very sweet, with the mash and cooked apple being prominent. Syrup follow soon after. On the palate, the dry, sour-mash mixed with syrup and spice is at the forefront. Dark fruit and old…