bourbon
The first batch of Booker’s Bourbon for 2026 arrived a few days ago. We’re jumping on top of it with coverage of this “Big Easy Batch,” named for Booker Noe’s love of New Orleans. Who can blame him? This expression is a blend of five sub-lots from the Beam warehouses, the youngest being 7 years,…
Chip Tate entered the American whiskey conversation in 2008 with the founding of Balcones Distilling in Waco, Texas. Operating from a repurposed welding shop, Tate engineered and assembled his own copper stills, setting the stage for a hands on approach that quickly separated his work from established producers. At a moment when small scale distilling…
Jacob did a fine job setting the stage for Ben Holladay Distillery with his review of its Soft Red Wheat Bottled-In-Bond Bourbon and Bottled-in-Bond Missouri Straight Bourbon Whiskey in his prior reviews of the Missouri-based operation. Consider this an addendum, reviewing the Soft Red Wheat Bottled-In-Bond expression but at “rickhouse proof,” aka cask strength. It’s…
The final two barrel-strength Booker’s Bourbon releases for 2025 are here. We’re ganging them up into this combo review. But if you missed 2025-02 and 2025-01, we’ve got you covered there, too! Booker’s Bourbon “Jerry’s Batch” 2025-03 Review The youngest whiskey in this batch is aged 7 years, 4 months, and 21 days. Unusually, it…
Booker’s is back with two special editions — one is the latest release of the Booker’s barrel proof series, “By the Pond Batch,” the second drop for 2025. The other is the second ever release of Booker’s The Reserves, a series that launched in 2024 to offer even more special releases from the Booker’s library.…
Want to share your love of bourbon with friends and family who have yet to embrace the beauty of America’s native spirit? Cocktails serve as an enticing gateway for non-bourbon drinkers to discover the remarkable depth of bourbon’s flavors. By cleverly blending bourbon with a variety of ingredients, such as zesty citrus, aromatic bitters, and…
Susan Reigler is a renowned and award-winning writer known as a bourbon authority who has authored over nine books based on subjects like bourbon, Kentucky tourism, bourbon cocktails, and food pairings. Her resume is voluminous, filled with her impressive contributions to the food and beverage industry as a former James Beard Foundation Judge, food critic,…
Misunderstood Whiskey Co., which began in a kitchen in Montclair, NJ, by two whiskey enthusiasts looking to create a whiskey that could be enjoyed by drinkers who don’t drink whiskey neat and those who don’t drink whiskey at all. They hoped that by creating a line of infused whiskey, they could bring more people into…
OK, who’s Barry? He’s Barry Berish, the former chairman and CEO of Beam — and a friend of Fred Noe. Berish died last year and this batch of Booker’s Bourbon honors his memory. Here’s some detail on what’s in the bottle: “Barry’s Batch” is made up of barrels from four production dates that were aged…
Women’s History Month has blown by, but Mother’s Day is coming up next month, so don’t leave whiskey off your Mother’s Day shopping list. And what better whiskey gift to give the Mom figure in your life than whiskey made and shaped by women. There are more whiskey brands than ever being led by women,…