Review
Wild Turkey 81 Straight Bourbon Whiskey 40.5% ABV, $20 Available: Throughout the US What the distillery says (Matt’s interpretation of the press release): Wild Turkey 81 is Eddie Russell’s first solo project for the distillery. After cutting his teeth working with his father on the Russell’s Reserve bottlings (and one could assume the rest of [...]
Ancient Age Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 40% ABV/ 80 Proof $8 Widely Available What the Distillery Says: You’ve known us a long time, and you could always count on us for quality. But even more than that, you’ve known us to make great bourbon. Well, we just got better. We’ve begun using a chill filtration [...]
The good folks at Duncan Taylor were kind enough to send us this sample of Black Bull 12yo. After trying the 30yo some time ago, Matt was especially eager to try this one. Richard has not had the pleasure of either yet. We’ll update the post with his notes soon. Black Bull 12yo Deluxe Blended [...]
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After Crown Royal, we decided that providing two negative reviews for the remaining Canadian whiskies was a bit overkill. So Richard took one for the team and reviewed two of the other three on our list. I think I got off pretty easy (the Canadian Mist was my contribution). Canadian Club Blended Canadian Whisky 40% [...]
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Glenmorangie Astar 57.1% ABV, 114.2 Proof Around $75, Widely Available What The Distillery Says: From the tall peaks of Missouri ‘Ozarks’ to the sweeping grandeur of the Highlands of Scotland, Astar (in Gaelic it means “journey”) is the story of our quest to ‘design’ the very best oak casks that will deliver perfection in the [...]
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