American Whiskey reviews

I've had a few good Balcones lately, so picked this up locally. 100% rye, aged "at least 24 months." Neat in a Glencairn. Nose: Nice notes of chocolate, tobacco, hay, grain. But also a bit of a chemical…

I've been wanting to track this particular whiskey down for a while now. I'm a sucker anytime a distillery experiments with ingredients that stray from the norm. This Balcones is made from 100% Texas…

This bottle was re-gifted to me by my aunt, and I was pretty excited to try it, knowing absolutely nothing about it. Turns out is an American blended whiskey finished in California wine casks.Nose: Uh…

I haven’t written a review in awhile, so here’s the first of a few recent bottle kills. This batch was barreled in May 2014, and was aged in warehouse CL-P for 7 years and 2 months. **Tasting Notes***…

I just got back from a wedding in Calgary. I’m fairly convinced that with all the crowds I’m about to come down with COVID-19 or some other virus, so in honour of my friends and colleagues to my South…

Long time no see, my dear folks!I have to confess that I have almost completely left drinking spirits: my drinking levels were getting way too high and I decided to just go for fermented booze, mainly…

I have been a big fan of Stagg Jr since it came out in 2013. At the end of 2022 it has finally dropped its “Jr.” status and is officially just “Stagg.” One of my local friends was just given a bottle…

An American that has matured for no less than 13 years, that's something you don't encounter every day. And Belgian bottler Brachadair dared to bring this cask to the market at 61%. I'm curious!The…

I had a friend visiting from Austin Texas last month, and one of the reason's he was in our neck of the woods, was that his Maker's Mark Ambassador barrel he signed up for a few years ago was now ready…

Far as I can tell, this is likely to be 11 year old George Dickel bourbon whiskey that spent at least some time maturing in the UK. It's definitely sourced, sorry, 'hand-picked' from Tennessee by Diageo…