by Mike Rosen | Dec 31, 2022 | Bourbon
The story behind this bottle began when hosts Chad and Sara of “It’s Bourbon Night” created a 19 minute video short featuring Wilderness Trail for their YouTube channel (link at the bottom of this review). While shooting the video they were invited back to do a barrel...
by Mike Rosen | Dec 20, 2022 | World
Building on their excellent reputation of batched expressions using older Canadian whiskey comes a new re-casked “single barrel” creation from Found North. As with other Found North batches, the single barrel program uses “well aged Canadian whiskies to create an...
by Mike Rosen | Dec 15, 2022 | Rye
The Backbone Bourbon Company is a non-distilling producer co-founded in 2014 by Bill Kennedy and Nolan Smith. The name was inspired by an instance when an Indiana bourbon supplier flaked out on them, citing they weren’t a large enough company to do business with. Bill...
by Mike Rosen | Dec 9, 2022 | Bourbon
Lucky Seven Spirits is a non-distilling producer known for the Lucky Seven line of bourbons that have earned a great reputation. Especially the single barrel 14 Year Proprietor (which I also reviewed) and is one of my favorite bottles of the year. I was surprised when...
by Mike Rosen | Dec 5, 2022 | Rye
This is my first bar pour review. Mostly because a bar is not the place to be anti-social with the company I’m with and take notes. I rather take my time at home and wait until I’ve had at least three pours over a week or two to suss it out. This weekend I was in a...