American Whiskey reviews

Our friends from Valinch & Mallet – Italian bottlers that I’ve come to know quite well, both personally and their whisky releases – were able to put their hands on a cask from Heaven Hill from 2009. It…

Legend has it that Elijah Craig is the ‘inventor’ of bourbon. Historical proof says otherwise, but that does not hold the bourbon industry back – with Heaven Hill in the lead – to keep this legend alive…

Single Barrels are very common nowadays. But it was Colonel Albert B Blanton of the Buffalo Trace Distillery that first released a single barrel bourbon less than a century ago. The marketing fellows…

The story of Maker’s Mark is one to read up on. I can recommend the book ‘Bourbon’ by Fred Minnick from 2016. The distillery only started producing in 1954 and has always gone against the grain and…

Evan Williams is a very accessible bourbon created by Heaven hill. It is named after the man who founded one of the very first commercial distilleries in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1753. The brand has been…

This bottle was a gift from earlier in the year and I opened it a few months back now. It's getting down to the last fifth and it just occurred I hadn't reviewed it yet, so here goes.This is from a 35…

I have had Basil Hayden's at a local restaurant previously, and didn't post a review. My experience with it last night is what is prompting this one. I do not recall from my earlier tastings that it was…

This is a wheated blend of 6-10 yr old bourbons, with no age statement on the bottle. The color is a nice dark copper with some red in it. When swirled in the glass, it leaves a decent coating on the…

I picked up a bottle of this just recently, along with the Knob Creek Small Batch. I'm a big fan of Four Roses, from the Yellow Label to all other expressions. The color is a nice deep amber, with red…

Having just reviewed a trio of bottom shelf bourbons, I felt obligated to do a review of something that better represents the best of what America has to offer.I’ve tried, reviewed and enjoyed 2 previous…