By Jake Emen Rating: B Abram Smith Bowman built and licensed his eponymous distillery in 1935, right after the end of Prohibition. It was moved from its historic location in Fairfax, Virginia to Fredericksburg in 1988, and is currently under the guidance of Master Distiller Truman Cox, who previously refined his craft while working for Buffalo Trace. The current A. ...

By Richard Thomas Rating: B+ Releases from Buffalo Trace’s Colonel E.H. Taylor collection deservedly attract a great deal of attention, but I think the timing of the Taylor Small Batch release will probably garner it a little more. Starting in early 2011, the Taylor brought us the Old Fashioned Sour Mash Bourbon, the Single Barrel Bourbon, the famed Warehouse C ...

By Jake Emen Rating: A- Good ol’ fashioned American whiskey produced in the rolling Kentucky hills isn’t typically associated with the intense, peaty smokiness and maltiness of scotch, but many trends have sprung up in the whiskey craze of modern times, and one of them is the American malt whiskey. Imagine the malt whiskey base of the Scottish style, but ...

(Buffalo Trace Press Release) Straight Rye Whiskey has experienced a strong resurgence in the American whiskey landscape, yet Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr. was making this style over 100 years ago. The latest offering from Buffalo Trace Distillery pays tribute to the former Distillery owner with a small batch, Bottled-In-Bond, 100 proof, straight rye whiskey from days long past. An ...

By S.D. Peters Rating: A Rye whiskey drinkers must be enjoying the 21st Century.  After decades of dependence on Old Overholt and Jim Beam Straight Rye, this piquant American whiskey has returned in superior form.  Champions of the “Rye Revival” may be mostly boutique, and inspired by a resurgent cocktail culture, but no serious Rye drinker will scoff a trend ...