Whiskey Reviews

Barrell Craft Spirits 12 Year · Toasted American Oak Finish Whiskey

 3,700 bottles. 113.4 proof. Kentucky, Indiana, and Tennessee distillate slow-finished in toasted American oak. Barrell Craft Spirits doesn't miss, and this one comes close to perfect. My honest 4....

Elijah Craig 18 Year Single Barrel Bourbon

At 90 proof some people sleep on this bottle. That's the biggest mistake in bourbon right now. Elijah Craig 18 Year Single Barrel is eighteen years of Heaven Hill's finest rickhouse work in a singl...

Old Fitzgerald Bottle-in Bond Decanter Series Whiskey

he Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897 is the original quality guarantee in American whiskey. Old Fitzgerald has been honoring it for 140 years. Heaven Hill releases a new decanter twice a year and every s...

Old Stubborn Pot Still 12 Year Straight Bourbon Batch 2

Nobody handed Ed Bley a distribution deal or a celebrity co-sign. He just spent six years finding the right barrels, waiting until they were ready, and bottling one of the most exceptional cask str...

Kentucky Owl Mardi Gras XO Cask Straight Rye · 11 Year

Kentucky Owl Mardi Gras XO started at $500 and had serious collectors walking away. Their loss. This 11-year rye finished through two Louisiana summers in Bayou XO rum casks is one of the most comp...

Traveller Blend No. 40

Not every bottle earns five stars, and I'm not going to pretend this one does just because a Grammy winner's name is on the label. Traveller Blend No. 40 is fine. And in bourbon, fine just isn't go...

Michters' 10 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon

If you see Michter's 10 Year on a shelf anywhere near MSRP, you buy it. You don't think, you don't text your buddy, you walk straight to the register. This is Louisville's crown jewel, a single bar...

13th Century Bourbon Reserve 2024 Review

13th Century just put Colorado on the bourbon map in a serious way. Their 2024 HAZMAT Release, a 25-barrel blend at 141.4 proof, is the sleeper pick of the year. Cherry syrup, brown sugar, and an o...