By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ It’s becoming a thing to put an identifying theme on batch-driven releases nowadays, a trend best exemplified by Booker’s adopting individual titles for its batches after two decades of doing without. Four Roses may be starting to go this route too, which is fine, since it really is a handier way to identify individual releases. ...

By Richard Thomas Good Dads deserve good whiskey. It sounds like a simple proposition, but the socks and ties that so many Dads get stuck with every year say otherwise. Here are a dozen whiskeys, covering a range of gift budget price points and the gambit of bourbon, rye, Irish whiskey and Scotch whisky. Budget Bin Winners While Papa might ...

By Richard Thomas I’m rather partial to alternative country music, having been a fan of Uncle Tupelo dating to their first LP, released back when LP meant something technical because it was on vinyl. A decade of living mostly abroad left me tuned out of the scene, so in checking out who would be playing tonight’s 225th Kentucky Anniversary Dinner ...

Four Roses Bourbon Senior Brand Ambassador and Bourbon legend Al Young will celebrate his 50th Anniversary with the brand this year. 
To commemorate this milestone, Four Roses will release a special 2017 Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Small Batch Bourbon in his honor this June. Al Young has served in a variety of roles at Four Roses for the past 50 ...

Rebel Yell Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey has released the 2017 edition of its highly sought-after Rebel Yell Single Barrel, meticulously aged for a full 10 years and bottled at 100 proof, one barrel at a time. This hand-bottled wheated bourbon launched in 2016 in limited quantity, with 2,000 cases available nationwide. In 2017, Rebel Yell Single Barrel will once again ...