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By Randall H. Borkus Rating: D+ Bearcat Bourbon is bottled by Bearcat Infused Bourbon as an NAS whiskey done at 80 proof (40% ABV), distilled by OZ Tyler Distillery in Owensboro, Kentucky, and bottled in Missouri. The plan for Bearcat is for all operations to be moved to Kentucky later this year. The OZ Tyler Distillery Bourbon Whiskey mash bill is ...

With its latest release, Knob Creek Quarter Oak explores and deepens the influence of oak on its flagship, seminal small batch bourbon. The expression takes the Jim Beam bourbon stock used to make Knob Creek and gives a finish for a minimum of four years in quarter cask, American oak barrels to increase the amount of contact between the whiskey ...

By Richard Thomas The bourbon boom times have brought plenty of new investment into the whiskey industry in the Commonwealth of Kentucky, and along with it have been several new distillery starts. The newcomers have ranged from a handful of crafty nano-distilleries to Bardstown Bourbon Company, a distillery so productive it just might have cracked into the Top 10 list ...

Grantown-on-Spey based Highfern Ltd have launched their new Angels’ Nectar Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Islay Edition, as a successor to their successful Rich Peat Edition blended malt. Bottled at 47% and at natural color, the Angels’ Nectar Single Malt Scotch Whisky – Islay Edition is dominated by a gentle island peat smoke, which on the taste is a touch ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A- Ever since Wild Turkey launched Master’s Keep, their answer to Kentucky’s annual limited edition whiskey series, I’ve been asking (often out loud) when the series would do a rye entry. Wild Turkey’s 101 proof rye whiskey was a massive favorite among the diehards of that obscure drinking category, back in the days before trendy bartenders ...