by Don Williams | Aug 16, 2024 | Whiskey, Whiskey product review
Occasionally, you run across an innovative spirit that is unique and surprising. Bluffton Whiskey is amazing. This superb whiskey was created at Burnt Church Distillery in Bluffton, South Carolina. Bluffton Whiskey is 95 proof and has a mash bill of rice, wheat, and...
by Don Williams | Aug 2, 2024 | Bourbon review, Bourbon Tasting, What's New at Charlie's, Whiskey product review
This product is aged eight years and bottled at a cask strength of 121.6 Proof. It is a delicious bourbon whiskey and a newcomer on the bourbon scene. However, Old Route 8 cask strength bourbon is not the only product from the Augusta Distillery. Augusta Kentucky...
by Don Williams | Jun 21, 2024 | Bourbon review, Distilleries, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Whiskey product review
Bardstown Bourbon Company Amrut Bardstown Bourbon Company’s latest Collaboration Series release is Amrut. The Amrut release is a 110-proof whiskey with a flavor profile I have never experienced. The Amrut Distillery is based in Bengaluru, India, with a history of...
by Don Williams | May 3, 2024 | Whiskey, Whiskey product review, Whisky history
Leopold Brothers and George Dickel have created an excellent whiskey in their collaboration series. George Dickel utilizes their rye whiskey to create a flavor bomb by blending with Leopold Brothers Three Chamber Rye. Collaboration Blend is a blend of straight rye...
by Don Williams | Nov 24, 2023 | Bourbon review, Bourbon Tasting, Whiskey product review
The definition of small-batch whiskey varies from distillery to distillery. It is the co-mingling of barrels that creates a desired flavor profile. Small Batch may be as few as three barrels at smaller distilleries, and for larger distilleries, it could be hundreds....
by Don Williams | Oct 6, 2023 | Bourbon Information, Unique Bottles, Whiskey product review
Barrel finishing is now firmly part of the whiskey vernacular. The process of enhancing or changing the flavor profile of bourbon can take many forms. It can be as simple as adding toasted staves to mature whiskey, the process of Maker’s Mark Maker’s 46. You can use a...