Get your bourbon whisky

So the better late then never.

New years is all about resolutions and what you want to bring forth into the coming year. I’ve thought long and hard on what I want more of this year.

Photography, Traveling, & New Bourbons.

We can all agree that I have very little knowledge on bourbons and tasting profiles. Well I’m on a mission to change that.

This year I’ll be hitting up ALL (14)16 Distilleries (When the hell did they add two more! The heck?!) for the Kentucky Bourbon Trail you totally read that correctly. I had no Idea about The Kentucky Bourbon trail until I spoke with a customer at my old liquor store job. They said if your in Kentucky you HAVE to check it out. At Each distillery they have a stamp for this little passport they created and at the end you can say “HURRAH I completed THE Kentucky Bourbon Trail.” AND Receive a free gift. I think they got some T-shirts and/or an engraved glass.

I’ll be giving you my stops in the order I plan to complete them.

I obviously have to hit 2-3 up on a few different visits.

1st. O.Z. Distillery

2. Jim Beam &  Bulleit Experience

3. Mitcher’s & Evan Williams

4. Angels Envy  & Old Forester &  The Rabbit Hole

5. Heaven Hill

6. Lux Row

7. Bardstown Bourbon Company

8. Makers Mark

9. Four Roses

10. Wild Turkey

11. Woodford Reserve

12. Town Branch Distilleries

64 Bourbons Bracket Round of 64: Matchup 7

The 7th matchup of the 64 bourbons bracket was 1792 Full Proof (Liquor Barn store pick) vs. Elijah Craig (Liquor Barn store pick).

I have had the Elijah Craig Liquor Barn Single Barrel 2.2 Store Pick for about 3 years. I just popped it open tonight. This might have been post fire. As the yeast was super dominant. Very skunky. That Beam yeast dominated. Don’t get me wrong, I like the funk but I need a little something with it — barrel proof or more age. The cigarette taste was overpowering. Not tobacco. Straight Pall Mall non-filters stolen from Mom when I was 13 years old. Now, the 1792 FP (also a Liquor Barn store pick) was absolutely incredible. Insanely sweet, but still had a long finish and a full proof swagger. And that nose. Holy shit! This 1792 FP store pick might cruise to the Final Four.

GSN Spirited News: June 1st 2021 Edition

Islay single malt producer Kilchoman Distillery has released the 2021 edition of Kilchoman Loch Gorm, its Oloroso Sherry cask-aged expression. The 2021 Loch Gorm is a vatting of 24 Oloroso Sherry butts that were filled with Kilchoman whisky in 2011. It’s at 46% abv and retail-priced at $125, the same as last year’s release. Some 17,000 bottles of the 2021 Loch Gorm have been released worldwide,…