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Tasted: Rio Brazos Boxcar Texas Whiskey
Oh, no, I thought, as I read the label. “College Station, Texas.” I knew College Station was home to a […]
Tasted: 291 Colorado Bourbon
One of the pluses about the whiskey boom (some say fad, I say way of life) is the number of […]
Tasted: Wigle Straight Rye Whiskey
The story of Wigle Whiskey hearkens back to the birth of American whiskey, which, they are quick to remind us, began […]
Tasted: Barrell Bourbon Batch 006
There are some people with whom you have The Vortex. You meet at 4 p.m, and then snap! It’s 3 […]
Tasted: Single Track Spirits Wheat Whiskey
Single Track Spirits in Cody, Wyoming, takes the term “microdistillery” to a new level. That word gets thrown around a […]
Tasted: Tualatin Valley Oregon Single Malt
Located in Hillsboro, a suburb of Portland, Tualatin Valley Distillery is a small craft distillery focused on single malt whiskey. […]
Tasted: Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. Seasoned Wood Bourbon
Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. hardly needs an introduction. It is a headlining brand from Buffalo Trace that hails from American whiskey history. […]
New: J. Carver Bourbon
J. Carver Distillery out of Minnesota is just a little over two years old, and is wasting almost no time in […]
Tasted: Delaware Phoenix Corn Whiskey
As with the business world, haute cuisine, and the United States Congress, whiskey distilling is a game long dominated by […]
Tasted: MRDC Cody Road Single Barrel Bourbon
Back in October, Mississippi River Distilling Company (LeClaire, Iowa) offered up an aged, single barrel incarnation of its Cody Road Bourbon […]
Tasted: George Dickel Rye
Are big brands the enemy? You don’t even have to be a drinker to ask yourself that question. Amazon or […]
Tasted: Balcones Single Barrel Staff Selection
Balcones Distilling in Waco, Texas, exists in what used to be a welding studio under a bridge. The founders not […]
Tasted: 1792 Single Barrel Bourbon
Surely no one would say that what’s missing from the domestic spirits scene is another Kentucky bourbon. But Single Barrel […]
Tasted: Virginia Highland Malt Whisky
You may find yourself wondering if you misread the title of this review upon first glance. Indeed, Virginia Distillery Co. […]
Tasted: Bulleit Bourbon 10 Year
When I first started drinking bourbon, I didn’t know what I was doing. Mainly, I drank bourbon in Manhattans. And […]
Tasted: Yellowstone Select Bourbon
Yellowstone Bourbon has long been relegated to the status of bottom-shelf swill. One of many whiskey labels owned by spirits […]
Tasted: Mississippi River Distilling Cody Road Bourbon
I learned to drink in Iowa. I lived in Iowa City for a mere two years and wasn’t much of […]
Tasted: Balcones Texas Blue Corn Bourbon
Balcones, as I discussed in my review of their Staff Selection Single Barrel, is a small but rapidly growing craft […]
Tasted: Trail’s End Bourbon
When they left Missouri in 1804, Meriwether Lewis and William Clark didn’t exactly pack light. In addition to 35 oars, […]