BACKGROUND From Sazerac’s website: The one and only New Orleans original, Sazerac Rye symbolizes the culture and history of the Big Easy. In the 19th century, industrious farmers and distillers in the heartland of the […]
Author: Ty Brooks
Baker’s Single Barrel
BACKGROUND Baker’s Bourbon. Finally getting a much needed makeover. With Jim Beam offering other great products such as Booker’s and Knob Creek Single Barrels, Baker’s seemed to fall by the wayside. Jim Beam decided to […]
Early Times Bottled-in-Bond
The brand, “Early Times” actually originated in the 1860s. Early Times Bottled-in-Bond was created in the 1940s. As a reminder, a Bottled-in-Bond bourbon means this bourbon must be the product of one distiller that is […]
Wild Turkey Longbranch
Alright, alright, alright! Sorry. I couldn’t resist. That joke makes way more sense if you know that Matthew McConaughey worked with Eddie Russel of Wild Turkey to create Longbranch. It is no secret, if you’ve […]
Weller Special Reserve
Finally, I had a chance to get my hands on this bottle and all I had to do is fly to Texas for it… I had never seen this bottle sitting on the shelf. I […]
Bardstown Bourbon Discovery Series 1
In 2019, Bardstown Bourbon Company released their first bourbon in the Discovery Series. They called it Discovery #1. Discovery is a blend of bourbons that is a combination of the following: 5% of a 13 […]
The Oak Bottle App
The creators of the Oak Bottle App reached out to me recently, asking me to test out their new app. Here is some additional information about the company and my full review of the app. […]
Four Roses Small Batch Select
Four Roses is a bourbon distillery in Lawrenceburg, KY. They are owned by the Kirin Brewery Company. The distillery uses five different yeast strains and two different mashbills which can create TEN different bourbon recipes! […]
Bourbon Community Comes Together to Support Those in Need
Bourbon Charity is a non-profit organization of over 2,000 supporters that raise money for various causes and charities. Recently, they decided to start a special fundraiser to benefit those impacted by the bushfires in Australia. […]
The Start of My Whiskey Journey
Hello! Let me start off by introducing myself. My name is Ty. I am a guy that ended up loving bourbon. Typical, I know. More than the actual bourbon though, I ended up falling in […]
