Honey Finished Bourbon

Green River Honey Finished Bourbon Will Enjoy Sweet Success

We all know the song, "Sugar Sugar" well, this nose is all honey, honey. The underlying bourbon is present, but it doesn't stand up to the big dose of good quality bee nectar.

BHM2026

30 Days of Bourbon Challenge 2026: Everything You Need to Know

This isn't a checklist you rush through to say you finished. It's a month of trying bottles you've been putting off, revisiting ones you forgot you loved, and landing on a few new favorites along the way. Here's everything you need to know before September 1st hits.

Bourbon Reviews

Remus Lou Gehrig Reserve Bourbon Is Delicious, But Is It a Homerun?

Loads of caramel envelop vanilla, cinnamon, charred marshmallow and dried roses. Subsequent sniffs deliver spice that hints at a more powerful presentation than claimed in its 109 proof.

Rum Reviews

'Exceptionally Aged' Mount Gay 15 and 25 Year Rums Are Deeply Fruity Pours

Here we have two rums that, despite aging 15 years and 25 years in oak, remain incredibly fruity, nicely funky and bargains at $90 and $199, respectively.

Town Branch 6-Year Wheated Bourbon Showcases Distillery's Blending Mastery

This is super approachable with light caramel, summer fruits and lightly toasted oak bringing up the rear. Let this pour roam every nook and cranny of your mouth to pick up subtle cinnamon and buttery pound cake.

Bourbon Reviews

Jackson Purchase Bottled-In-Bond Bourbon Is Unexpectedly Delightful

This bonded bourbon dazzles with fruit and spice and honey and a little pepper. It's also surprisingly weighty and rich for only 100 proof, and it's well balanced. Its complexity outdoes many of its peers' and would shame many older bourbons.

Sour Mash Whiskey Reviews

Michter's Barrel Strength Sour Mash Delivers Sweet Surprises

Any whiskey fan would love this: something that's a little off Michter's bulletproof whiskey flavor profiles; a serendipitous and delicious innovation.

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Virtual Tasting

Replay: Copper & Cask Virtual Tasting

Last night we had Steven Corrigan, Barrel Master for Copper & Cask out of Rhode Island, join us for a virtual tasting, and I'll say this upfront: he was more than worth the invite. Four samples on the table, and every one of them had a story behind

American Single Malt Whiskey Reviews

New Riff Pulls Flavor Levers aplenty with 2026 Kentucky Single Malt Whiskey

This is a super unique whiskey that pushes and pulls your memory of American single malts–even those from Scotland–to and fro in an attempt to align and describe them. But broadly speaking of whiskies in general, this is its own animal.

HQ Build-Out

HQ Build-Out: Episode 5

This week: the last wall finally gets painted, the building tells us a secret we didn't ask for, and a five-shelf science cabinet joins the collection.

Bourbon Whiskey Reviews

Hard Truth Mizunara-Finished Wheated Bourbon dazzles and delights

Just another great release from Hard Truth. That this distillery, without any bourbon heritage or family distiller history just keeps on cranking out great bottle after great bottle never ceases to amaze.

This Round's Mine

Happy 15th Anniversary!

Mostly, though, this one's a thank you. To everyone who's read something, shared something, emailed me, become a member, or just kept showing up.

Bourbon Reviews

Commemorative Heaven Hill 13-year Bourbon Signals the End of Aging at its Deatsville site

Everything that's good about Heaven Hill bourbon is in this bottle: caramel, honey, cooked apples, vanilla taffy, sharp spice and toasted oak.

Bernheim Wheat Whiskey

Mission, Passion Combine in '26 Star Hill Farm Wheat Whisky

Though there's no corn in this mash bill, candy corn and caramel corn notes hit hard on the first sip. The whisky makes no apologies about its 116 proof: it's plenty powerful and spice driven.

HQ Build-Out

HQ Build-Out: Episode 4

This week: hammered copper gates finished, walls painted, and two Facebook Marketplace scores that saved us close to $10k. Plus a peek inside the office.

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BITB Club

Replay: BITB Live Tasting #19

HQ Build-Out

HQ Build-Out: Episode 3

In this episode, I walk you through the wall prep in all its unglamorous detail, the hammered-copper gate reveal (genuinely exceeded expectations — one coat of Rust-Oleum and I was standing there, a little stunned), and the new window treatments.

Bourbon Whiskey Reviews

Wooler Whiskey Review: A bottle that hits the lower proof, lower price bullseye

This is a prime example of the type of bottle I'd recommend to someone looking to drink lighter, lower-proof bourbon without breaking the bank.

HQ Build-Out

HQ Build-Out: Episode 2

In this episode, I walk you through everything that happened in week one — the carpenter who knocked out the office and pantry build in about a day and a half, the wall repairs I tackled myself (manage your expectations), and where things stand on the whiskey wall.

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BITB Club

Replay: BITB Live Tasting #18

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Virtual Tasting

Replay: Kentucky Peerless Distilling Co. Virtual Tasting

Last night, John Wadell joined us from Peerless for a virtual tasting, and if you've never met John, the guy could talk bourbon for six hours straight, and you'd want a seventh. Been with Peerless since before there was a product to taste, and that kind

Industry News

Thirty-One Lengths Bourbon is a whiskey cocktail of history and art

"At the end of the day ... 31 Lengths is more about having a conversation piece and being associated with and reveling in something historic," Smith said. Whiskey and history such as horse racing are about "capturing the moment and having fun."

HQ Build-Out

HQ Build-Out: Episode 1

We're locked in for at least 4 years, and the renovation is officially underway. Come take a look at what we're building — before the walls go up and the bottles find their home.

American Whiskey Reviews

Japan Meets Kentucky: BBC Mars Single Malt Japanese Whiskey Blend Review

It's not a pairing that many folks are probably sitting around hoping someone would put some effort behind. But once it's in the glass, it's pretty clear that BBC and Mars figured it out.

New Brand Releases

Four Roses Is Swinging Big With Their New Anthology Series

Everything I've heard says it delivers. I'd love to get my hands on a bottle and tell you exactly where it lands. But $500 is where my enthusiasm and my wallet part ways. A lot of people who fell in love with Four Roses Yellow Label or Small Batch know exactly what I mean.