Bourbon Whiskey

William Grant & Sons Sticks Its Fist Into Bourbon

William Grant & Sons, the independent Scottish family company behind Glenfiddich, The Balvenie and Grant’s, is launching its first from-the-ground-up American whiskey. Fistful of Bourbon is a blend of five straight American bourbons done by Master Blender Brian Kinsman. As a straight bourbon, the minimum age is two years. It’s bottled at 45% ABV and priced at $24.99 for a ...

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Bourbon & Beyond Festival Teams Up With Moonshine University

Festival goers to the 2018 Bourbon and Beyond Festival can up their bourbon game with on-site bourbon education courses offered by Moonshine University’s Stave and Thief Society. Educators will host free, 45-minute workshops during the festival between performances September 22nd and 23rd. Each 45-minute session explores what defines “Bourbon” and how it differs from other whiskies. Participants will also examine ...

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Old Fitzgerald Bottled In Bond Bourbon Review (Autumn 2018)

Old Fitzgerald Bottled-in-Bond 2018

By Richard Thomas Rating: B When Heaven Hill introduced the new Old Fitzgerald Bottled In Bond (BiB) as a bi-annual limited edition, the usual grumbling was (refreshingly) muted, but absent. What croaking I saw about that Spring 2018 release scoffed at paying $110 for an 11 year old bourbon, complaining that you can still get 10 year old Henry McKenna ...

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Wyoming Whiskey Steamboat Bourbon Review

Wyoming Whiskey Steamboat

By Father John Rayls Rating: B Steamboat Special Edition Straight Bourbon Whiskey is produced by Wyoming Whiskey, located in Kirby, Wyoming. A casual observer might ponder how an old boating concept was chosen as the namesake for this whiskey, given Wyoming is best known for big sky, not big water. “Steamboat” was the name of an “unrideable” horse at the ...

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