By Andrew Graham Rating: B- “What’s your favorite sherry bomb?” Just trot this question out around a few well-informed whiskey drinkers and listen with mischievous pride as the conversation devolves into madness. First, it implies something there isn’t even absolute consensus on: that a sherry bomb can even be good. I’ve heard the phrase used to ridicule a whiskey, not ...

By Richard Thomas Spending the night in a tent or your car so you would be first in line was the stuff of rock concerts and Star Wars movies and not much else when I was young. The phenomenon is a relative newcomer to whiskey, and still one that leaves me shaking my head. Perhaps I’m spoiled (it’s certainly not ...

Blood Oath Pact No. 5 – the fifth installment of the acclaimed Blood Oath ultra-premium bourbon series – launches in April. The Blood Oath series, the creation of Lux Row Distillers’ Head Distiller and Master Blender John Rempe, combines unique bourbons, expertly blended for a distinctively exclusive whiskey. Not to be missed, Pact No. 5 starts with an eight-year-old ryed ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: A Back in 2014, Jim Beam celebrated the 25th anniversary of the first exploratory, almost prototype release of Booker’s with a 25th Anniversary Edition. That limited edition whiskey was noteworthy as having been barreled in January 2003, so it was 10 years and some months in age rather than the more usual six to eight year ...

Booker’s Batch 2019-1, the first of this year, has been dubbed “Teresa’s Batch” and is now headed for store shelves. Named for longtime Beam distillery employee Teresa Wittemer, the bourbon is a 6 year, 3 month old whiskey bottled at 125.9 proof. Wittemer started at Jim Beam 30 years ago under Booker Noe. During her career at the distillery, Teresa ...