Rebel Yell Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey has released its 2018 allocation of the award-winning Rebel Yell Single Barrel. At 100 proof, the original time-honored Rebel Yell recipe is meticulously aged in charred oak barrels for 10 years, building a unique flavor profile specific to each batch. “Aging the bourbon for 10 years really brings out the sweetness, oakiness, and caramel ...

By Father John Rayls Rating: A- One of the great things about enjoying whiskey is that it’s a very personal thing, and I really enjoy all things Elijah Craig Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Yet I strayed from this camp after Heaven Hill abandoned the 12 Year Old Bourbon for a no age statement (NAS) version of their economical small batch ...

American Whiskeys At Over $3,000 A Bottle By Richard Thomas Although the prices commanded by ultra aged, rare American Whiskeys have not quite caught up with what a similar bottle of single malt Scotch might fetch, much has changed since the last time The Whiskey Reviewer looked at this subject, in the middle of 2015. Prices for prized expressions have ...

By Debbie Shocair Rating: B- Tommy “Red” Bordner began learning his way around the moonshiner’s still when he was just twelve years old, and today he heads up a distillery in Boiling Springs, SC, where he is making a bevy of  (legal!) spirits. His output spans a range from flavored moonshines to an agave spirit (not made in Mexico, so ...

Wilderness Trail Distillery, located in off the beaten bourbon tourism track in the quiet college town of Danville, Kentucky, has announced they intend to release their first bourbon on April 28. That coincides with the annual Taste of Danville festival and precedes the Kentucky Derby. “While our goal is to age much longer, these are special barrels that really shined ...