American Whiskey reviews

I've been meaning to write about one of my favorite mixing bourbons. I think Jim Beam Devil's Cut is the perfect cocktail bourbon. Is it blasphemous to some to ruin a perfectly good bourbon by adding a…

For those who don't know, Chip Tate is no longer the master distiller at Balcones. Let me tell you a story about him. Chip Tate had a vision that Texas could produce world class whiskey. To that end he…

This one was bottled Oct 19 2015 and comes from barrel 15-5957, stored on Rick R-26.The colour is a dark caramel. On the nose - lots of oak on this one, with sugared raisins, burnt caramel, some black…

Picked this bottle up because I heard all good things about Four Roses Yellow Label and heard even better for the small batch. So I decided to give it a go.Nose: Right away you get a sweet Caramel or…

The reviewed bottle is OBSK formula, i.e. 35% rye content, from barrel 3-3E. This whiskey was aged for 13 years. The bottle has been open for 2 years and is 90% fullNose: strong, clear, very high rye…

I just found a new friend. Nose: Bread, gingerbread, oak, cereal, cinnamon, vanillaTaste: Oak, brown sugar, sherbet, ripe tropical fruit Finish: Peppers, oakI checked back on the bottle in month four and…