by Michael Cervin | Oct 16, 2024 | Bourbon Whiskey
This is less sweet than most bourbons, which is a nice change of pace, but it does offer noticeable, resin, caramel, and butterscotch, apricot and citrus zest, browned butter and pepper spice. It has a soft entry with a little bite in the back pallet. There is also an... 
by Rich Cook | Sep 4, 2024 | Bourbon Whiskey
Let’s get shucked! Branded in subtly corny fashion, “Lulu’s Blend” cuts the corn with 21% rye, taming any corn based sweetness with lively rye spice tones. Seven years in the barrel has rounded the edges nicely without killing off the spice or going into overt... 
by Michael Cervin | Aug 23, 2024 | Bourbon Whiskey
These days, finishing a bourbon or whiskey in a non-standard barrel provides distillers with diverse options for finishing and gives consumers something new to try. Often the finishing process seems like a parlor game, using odd old barrels from Cognac, Sauternes,... 
by Michael Cervin | Jun 21, 2024 | Bourbon Whiskey
This bourbon has a wonderful spicy note to it from its hefty dose of rye. Though they do not disclose their mash bill, it’s safe to assume the mash bill is somewhere around 60% corn, 36% rye, and 4% malted grain, and is aged for a minimum of five years. To be sure,... 
by Michael Cervin | May 15, 2024 | Bourbon Whiskey
As moonshiners go, Popcorn Sutton fit the stereotype in every way. After his death and wife partnered with Ole Smoky Moonshine to recreate his recipes, and once unavailable moonshine, is now widely available. There’s an engaging, rustic, un-finished-ness to this, and... 
by Michael Cervin | Mar 29, 2024 | Bourbon Whiskey
Though the name implies that this is “double oaked” which would lead you to believe it’s ripe with caramel and butterscotch. It’s not – the double refers to a second oak treatment – a finishing with staves of Spanish Sherry oak casks are added to the...
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