by Mike Rosen | Jan 24, 2023 | World
Kaiyō is an independent bottler that purchases whisky from Japanese producers, then ages and bottles them under the Kaiyō label. In this case barrels of Japanese single malt were purchased from an unknown distillery and then “teaspooned” (blended with a small amount...
by Mike Rosen | Jan 23, 2023 | Bourbon
This expression from Calumet Farm is named after a famous thoroughbred who won the Triple Crown in 1948. Citation was the first horse to win 16 races in a row and the first to earn one million dollars in prize money. Hence being named the latest in the Calumet...
by Mike Rosen | Jan 10, 2023 | Bourbon
Early Times is a very old brand that dates back to 1860, founded by by John Henry “Jack” Beam, the paternal uncle of Jim Beam. Seven years after Jack Beam’s passing in 1923, Owsley Brown (of Brown-Foreman) purchased the Early Times brand and aging barrels to sell as...
by Mike Rosen | Jan 6, 2023 | Rye
Today I’m reviewing a Bardstown Bourbon Company release that has been popping up online and recently at my local store. This is the first collaboration between the Bardstown Bourbon Company and a cooperage. In this collaboration, custom barrels were built by West...
by Mike Rosen | Jan 5, 2023 | Bourbon
ASW is an Atlanta GA based distillery that use a combination of sourced MGP wheated bourbon and/or their own high malt bourbon for their Fiddler line of bourbon whiskey. The bottle I’m reviewing today is a sourced 4 year single barrel MGP wheated bourbon that was...