Wild Turkey’s second-generation Master Distiller Eddie Russell has introduced Russell’s Reserve 13 Year Old, a 114.8-proof Kentucky Straight Bourbon that, once again, exemplifies the Russell family’s mastery of bourbon-making. “Crafting Russell’s Reserve 13 Year Old turned out to be one of my most rewarding experiences as a distiller,“ said Eddie Russell, who celebrates an astounding 40 years of bourbon making ...

Corrected June 15, 2021 By Richard Thomas Rating: A- When the father and son team of Lincoln and Wes Henderson founded Angel’s Envy, it was based squarely on taking mature bourbon and finishing it in Port casks. That might seem like a no-brainer in today’s world, when cask finished limited editions are everywhere, but not so when the Hendersons started ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ It is a hard thing to picture today, but once upon a time there was only one working distiller on Louisville’s Whiskey Row: the Evan Williams Bourbon Experience. It was very much a trailblazer, the first destination, tourist-oriented distillery in downtown Louisville. Many have followed since. When I made my first visit in Spring 2014, ...

Col. Edmund Haynes Taylor, Jr. left his indelible mark on the bourbon industry as a whole, and nowhere is that more evident than at Buffalo Trace Distillery.  In honor of Col. Taylor, Buffalo Trace is releasing a one-time only edition Warehouse C Bourbon in the E.H. Taylor, Jr. lineup, available this spring. This ten-year-old Bottled in Bond bourbon was aged in Warehouse ...

Over the years, Orphan Barrel Whiskey Distilling Co. has introduced a series of ultra-aged and unorthodox whiskies, giving them a home as part of the brand’s portfolio. This morning, they are announcing their latest release–Orphan Barrel Copper Tongue–which hails from the historic Cascade Hollow Distillery, in Tullahoma, Tennessee and is a cask strength 16-year-old straight bourbon whiskey. Nestled in a ...