By Richard Thomas Almost a decade ago, Four Roses released the Mariage 2008, the first in a series of what would become known as the Small Batch Limited Edition (LE). Similar to the regular Four Roses Small Batch, these bourbons draw on individual stocks of the distillery’s famous 10 recipes. These ten variations stem from two separate mash bills, one ...
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Kentucky Loosens Vintage Spirits Trade
By Richard Thomas Plenty is wrong with the secondary market. Provenance is unheard of, so fakes are rampant, and despite this prices are often inflated. Yet above those problems is the plain fact that selling liquor without a license is illegal. Since you can’t reform a black market, so long as that was the case none of the other problems ...
Read More »Roe & Co. Irish Whiskey Review
By Emma Briones Rating: B In January 2017, Diageo returned to Irish Whiskey with the launch of Roe & Co. Irish whiskey is having a renaissance and, after the selling Bushmills to Jose Cuervo, Diageo couldn’t stay out of the sector. Peter O’Connor, former Bushmills brand ambassador and current Roe & Co ambassador, is one of the minds behind this ...
Read More »W.L. Weller 12 Year Old Bourbon Review
By Richard Thomas Rating: A- In my mind, nothing has ever quite encapsulated the hot house absurdities of the ongoing Bourbon Boom quite so much as W.L. Weller 12 Year Old. I think of it that way because of how it went from being a largely overlooked bourbon to a chimera overnight, and all because the late Josh Ozersky wrote ...
Read More »Bardstown Bourbon Co. Gets New Customer, Castle Brands
Bardstown Bourbon Company (BBCo) announced today that Castle Brands, the maker of Jefferson’s Bourbon, has joined BBCo’s Collaborative Distilling Program. Castle Brands will work together with BBCo to produce custom bourbon and whiskey for the Jefferson’s Bourbon portfolio. BBCo and Jefferson’s will begin their first distillation this year. Castle Brands has been investing millions in building up their stock of ...
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