Bourbon Review: Four Roses Small Batch

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Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon Review

This is not the Limited Edition. This is the regular Four Roses Small Batch. I spend a lot of time on the blog talking about different rare and limited editions but I save most of those bottles for special occasions. What about the daily drinker? What about the bourbons that you don’t have to wait 4 hours in line for? Four Roses Small Batch Bourbon is one of my favorites and I can walk in to almost any liquor store across the country and find a bottle. Plus, it is a steal at $25. read more

Buffalo Trace Distillery Bourbon Mash Bills

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Buffalo Trace Distillery Mash Bills

A break down of the majority of the Buffalo Trace distillery Bourbons and Ryes by their mash bill

Buffalo Trace uses two primary mash bills. While they don’t disclose the exact recipe Bourbonr’s much wiser than I have made educated guesses at the mash bill percentages.  Mash bill # 1 is probably 10% or less and mash bill #2 is somewhere between 10%-12%. Mash bill number two with 10-12% rye is a more common rye content for bourbons. read more

Five Best Barrel Proof Bourbons

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Five Best Barrel Proof Bourbons

Barrel proof Bourbon is bourbon that was bottled without the addition of water. Barrel proof bottles will usually say uncut.

It is one of the most pure forms of Bourbon you can have.

Here is a list of what I believe are the five best barrel proof Bourbons:

5. Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye

Ok, this is a Rye not a Bourbon but it is still excellent. Thomas H. Handy Sazerac Rye is an uncut and unfiltered straight rye whiskey. The 2012 edition was named “World Whisky of the Year” in Jim Murray’s 2013 Whisky Bible read more

Whiskey Review – Balcones Baby Blue Corn Whisky

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Balcones Baby Blue Corn Whisky by Ralfy

Here is some more information about Balcones Baby Blue from the Balcones website:

Baby Blue is a unique corn whisky made from atole, a roasted blue corn meal. Baby Blue isn’t bourbon nor white lightning. It has the freshness and verve of traditional corn whisky but with a refined complexity. The result is a round nuttiness and roasty overtones with a smooth finish. Baby Blue was the first Texas whisky on the market since prohibition, and is the only craft-made whisky to have received a 5-star rating from F. Paul Pacult’s Spirit Journal other than Balcones “1” Texas Single Malt. read more

Buffalo Trace Antique Collection Release Date 2013

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Buffalo Trace Antique Collection Release Map

Breaking News: The Buffalo Trace Antique Collections has been spotted in KY, NC, GA and Washington DC

I also saw Thomas Handy in FL but not the rest of the release

Eagle Rare 17 Year Old
The previous edition of this bourbon was honored with a Gold Medal at the 2012 International Wine and Spirits Competition. The 2013 edition was distilled in the Spring of 1993 and has been aging on the 2nd, 3rd and 6th floors of Warehouses I and K. The barrels selected for this batch were actually aged for 19 years, and the taste has been described as dry, with hints of oak, leather, and tobacco. read more

Review: Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel

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Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel:

Here’s what we know about ETL, it is distilled by Buffalo Trace using their Mash Bill # 2 and is aged for somewhere around 14 years. Mash Bill # 2 is that same Mash Bill Buffalo Trace uses for Blanton’s and Rock Hill Farms and has an estimated rye content of around 15%. While I love wheated bourbons there is something special about the spiciness that rye adds to a bourbons flavor. It is also important to note that there can be some discrepancies in flavor when tasting single barrels. read more