90.4 proof, no age statement Suggested retail price: $39.99/750ml The story: Woodford Reserve recently rolled out limited quantities of this new addition to its product line, which Master Distiller Chris Morris says he worked on for more than nine years before he was…
Jim Beam Bonded Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 100 proof; 4 years old Suggested retail price: $22.99/750ml The story: In February, Jim Beam rolled out a new expression that harkens back to the days of bourbon production under the requirements of the…
Orphan Barrel Project: Forged Oak Bourbon Whiskey 90.5 proof; 15 years old Suggested retail price: $65/750ml The story: Forged Oak is the fifth release from Diageo’s Orphan Barrel Project, in which the company creates fanciful names and back stories for…
90 proof; no age statement Suggested retail price: $44.99/750ml The story: Founded in 1870, Brown-Forman is one of the largest American-owned spirits and wine companies. Old Forester 1870 Original Batch Bourbon is the first in a planned permanent line extension of the Old Forester Bourbon. This bourbon is bottled at…
Mature Woodford Reserve (about 7 years old) finished for 10 months in Sonoma-Cutrer French oak Pinot Noir casks; 90 proof About $100/750ml The story: This is the ninth release of the Master’s Collection, a series of limited editions created by…
12 years old, 97 proof Estimated retail, about $60/750ml The story: This limited edition of Old Forester is released every September in honor of Brown-Forman founder George Garvin Brown’s Sept. 2 birthday. Last year’s edition was particularly fine. The aroma:…
60 proof; no age statement About $34 for 750ml, although I’ve seen it for as low as $28 The story: Rivulet was launched in Louisville in July of this year by James Marshall, who produced the first batch at the…
108-114 proof (this bottle, 113.2); no age statement (Note: Maker’s never has an age statement, as they “age to taste”) $39.99 for 375ml, currently available in the gift shop at the Loretto, Ky., distillery (UPDATE: also at some restaurants and…
80 proof; 4 years old $34.95/750ml The story: J.R. Ewing, the devious oil man memorably portrayed by Larry Hagman on “Dallas” in the 1980s and again on the reboot that debuted in 2012, enjoyed his bourbon. And now he has…
Every fall, Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Ky., releases a collection of five limited-release whiskeys – George T. Stagg, Eagle Rare 17 Year, William Larue Weller. Sazerac Rye 18 Year and Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye – that have become…
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