Here are the best new (to me) bourbons to tiptoe over my tastebuds last year. My editor said I can’t include Barrell Foundation’s late 2023 debut (even though some of these other bourbons came out well before or are just their regular, long-running selves), but I spent the year doling out my sample, so enjoy … Read more
My new Halloween tradition is ranking every Goose Island BCS Stout, but my new Election Day follow-up (and boy did the nation need a collective drink from that one) is getting to be reviewing the Buffalo Trace Antique collection. This year isn’t my favorite of the three that I’ve tried, but that’s not to say … Read more
You’ve got questions about the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, ranging from “What is it?” to “Where do I get some?” I can only help you with the first one and many of the questions in between, unless I really, really like you and share some of my limited press taster samples. But until that glorious … Read more
I love me some Weller, but I can’t recommend this new Weller Millennium release–certainly not at this price point, at any rate. That said, I did have a wonderful time sampling it in the company of superior whiskey reviewers. My thoughts on where Weller Millennium fails (but also succeeds) are up on Tasting Table.
Back in summer, I took my first trip down to Kentucky to tour the Buffalo Trace Distillery, culminating in BTAC for Breakfast. We also got to sample some of the fruits of Buffalo Trace’s new concrete warehouse with total control of environmental factors, most notably of all, the feat that is the new 25-year Eagle … Read more
