BACKGROUND A Midwinter Night’s Dram is an annual special release from High West Distillery. The release is named after A Midsummer Night’s Dream, by William Shakespeare and is a blend of High West’s Rendezvous Rye […]
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Old Tub
BACKGROUND Old Tub is a tribute to the original Old Tub Bourbon that Jim Beam made that eventually became the foundation of Jim Beam Bourbon. This bourbon was originally only available at the distillery but […]
Old Forester 1920
BACKGROUND The Volstead Act of 1920 initiated Prohibition in the United States. Only six distilleries were allowed to continue distilling whiskey for medicinal purposes. Old Forester was among the six, and continued to operate on […]
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 […]
