Distiller: Pepper DistilleryRelease: 2021Whiskey: Old Pepper Rye WhiskeyRegion: Lexington, KYPrice: $55.00Proof: 108.4Age: 4 years About the Bourbon: Assessment: Old Pepper Rye is an easy drinker. It’s smooth in both texture and flavor, boasting plentiful sweet notes and a fantastic creamy nature. While it may not be the bold, spicy rye some seek, it remains a…
Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select
Distiller: Jack Daniel’s Release: 2023 Whiskey: Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Select Region: Lynchburg, TN Price: $45.00 Proof: 94 Age: No Age Statement The Barrel Cellar Score: 88 Points Review Date: 01/05/2024 About the Bourbon: Jack Daniel’s is a legendary name in American whiskey, with a history and reputation that go beyond the bottle. The brand uses a distinctive charcoal mellowing process,…
Short Barrel Single Barrel Rye
Distiller: Unknown Release: 2023 Whiskey: Single Barrel Rye Whiskey Region: Norcross, GA Price: $69.00 Proof: 118.6 Age: 5 years The Barrel Cellar Score: 91 Points Review Date: 12/30/2023 About the Bourbon: Short Barrel is a company that produces and sells bourbon and rye whiskey. It was founded by two friends who decided to buy some barrels of bourbon, label it…
Cardinal Spirits Barrel Proof
Distiller: MGP Release: 2022 Whiskey: Single Barrel Bourbon Whiskey Region: Lawrenceburg/Bloomington, IN Price: $59.00 Proof: 122 Age: 5 years The Barrel Cellar Score: 90 Points Review Date: 12/07/2023 About the Bourbon: Cardinal Spirits opened in 2015 in Bloomington Indiana. The Single Barrel Bourbon in the bottle however was sourced from fellow Indiana native MGP Distilling. The mash bill consists of 60%…
Huling Station Single Barrel
Distiller: Old Dominick Distillery Release: 2022 Whiskey: Straight Bourbon Whiskey Region: Memphis, Tn Price: $59.00 Proof: 110.38 Age: 6 years The Barrel Cellar Score: 86 Points Review Date: 11/02/2023 About the Bourbon: Old Dominick Spirits was a booming business in Memphis Tennessee Pre-Prohibition. Old Dominick Spirit’s is now the only entirely distilled, barreled, aged, and bottled bourbon in Memphis. I recently grabbed…
Pursuit United Bourbon Whiskey
Distiller: Various Release: 2021 Whiskey: Pursuit United Region: Bottled in Louisville, Ky Price: $59.00 Proof: 108 Age: 4 + years The Barrel Cellar Score: 85 Points Review Date: 10/25/2023 About the Bourbon: The guys behind the Pursuit United podcast (which is well regarded by many bourbon enthusiasts) have ventured into blending and marketing their own line of whiskies. Today I’m reviewing their Pursuit…
Evening Land Passetoutgrain
Vintage: 2019 Wine Name/Vineyard: Seven Springs Wine Category: Red Blend Grape blend: Pinot Noir and Gamay Bottle size: 750 ml Region: Willamette Valley State or country: Oregon Price: $35 ABV: 13.5% Cases produced: N/A The Barrel Cellar Score: 90 points Review date: Aug 29, 2023 About the Winemaker: Evening Land Vinyards like many Willamette Valley Vineyards, produces French influenced wines. Not only is it the…
Redwood Empire “The Rocket Top”
Distiller: Redwood Empire Release: 2022 Whiskey: Straight Rye Whiskey Bottled in Bond Region: Sonoma County California Price: $79.00 Proof: 100 Age: 5 years The Barrel Cellar Score: 88 Points Review Date: 08/19/2023 Redwood Empire’s “The Rocket Top” Rye Whiskey is distilled and blended in Sonoma California. The mash bill consists of 87% rye, 5% wheat, 5% malted barley, and 3%…
Blue Note “Juke Joint Whiskey”
Distiller: B.R. distilling Release: 2022 Whiskey: Straight Bourbon Whiskey Region: Memphis, Tennessee Price: $49.99 Proof: 120.1 Age: No age statement The Barrel Cellar Score: 89 Points Review Date: 07/29/2023 About the Bourbon: Blue Note Straight Bourbon Whiskey was distilled in Kentucky (unknown source) and aged/bottled in Memphis Tennessee. While there is no age statement on the bottle, it is reportedly aged a minimum…
J. Mattingly “Maple Sausage”
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