#virgin cask

Review by: TOModera So it’s a milestone kinda week as such for me. I’ve reviewed all the “Beginner Drams” of Scotch, I’ve hit 200 scotch reviews, I’m about to hit 60 reviews of World Whiskies, and, most pertinent to this review, I’m about to hit 30 reviews of American Whisky, so that I’m more ‘merican. What’s more special than a strong as wheater? Well, some would say the birth of children,…

Review by: TOModera Quick thanks to Devoz for this dram. I’ve been wanting to try some more Woodford Reserve, and well, this allowed me to do it. Woodford Reserve Double Oaked is the first ever line extension from the company. After being a one bourbon company for 16 years, they decided to branch out. This bourbon is the standard expression which is aged new charred white oak, then aged again…

Review by: TOModera I think I ended up going for a Horse theme without trying First Tyroconnell, and now the bourbon of the Kentucky Derby and the Breeder’s cup. You’d think I actually like the giant half ton 5 year olds, but no. I don’t. A horse is a large dog that I can’t wrestle with that gets spooked at loud noises. And let me tell you, I’m nothing but loud noises. None the less, I’ve…

Review by: TOModera You find things in the oddest of places. I’m in the UK at the moment, making my way to Scotland, and at a simple, almost hipstery bar, I find a bourbon I can’t buy in Canada, Wild Turkey 101. And because they didn’t have any other whisky I wanted to review more, I went for it. Made in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, this Bourbon is a marriage of 6, 7 and 8 year old Bourbons, all…