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Elmer T Lee is produced by the good people of Buffalo Trace in Frankfort, Kentucky. It is a small batch single barrel bourbon named after Buffalo Trace’s former master distiller, who took up this role…

The Elijah Craig 20 Year Old is the follow up to the popular 18 Year Old. Upon release it won the American Whiskey of the Year award. Elijah Craig is considered to be the father of bourbon. It is prod…

This Stagg is 15 years old, bottled in 2006. Apparently the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection was not yet conceived, for this one got the title Hazmat III, whatever that means. Anyway, I am putting it…

The George T Stagg 2010 is a 17 year old, distilled in the autumn of 1993 and bottled in 2010. With an ABV of 71,5%, this is quite a monster! I have already alerted the Fire Departement.On the nose it…

Distilled in the winter of 1993 and bottled in 2011, this Stagg is 18 years old. It has, just like his siblings, a very dark color and is almost syrupy in the glass. The nose is very sweet and aromatic…

When I first got to know this William Larue Weller, albeit the 2012 release, I loved it immediately and went looking for another sample. WhiskyGorillaz was the place to be. This WLW was distilled in the…

Parker Beam is a legend in the whiskey industry. He selected a couple of great casks from his 49 warehouses at Heaven Hill and bottles these in a series called Parker’s Heritage Collection. In an inte…

Because of the low volumes of production, this is a rather rare bourbon. Julian Van Winkle Sr started his career as sales rep for W.L. Weller & Sons at the age of 18 in 1893. In 1908 he bought the com…

The Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve exists, next to this 15 Year Old, in a 20 and 23 years old as well, albeit at a somewhat lower ABV. This one was bottled at 107 proof, or 53,5% ABV.The nose is pred…

Thomas H Handy is another one of these powerful Americans that are part of the Antique Collection. This bottling from 2011 was chosen by Jim Murray as whiskey of the year in his 2012 spiritual scripture…