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Belle Meade Bourbon

A collection of 7 posts

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Belle Meade Bourbon Craftsman Cask Collection: Honey Cask Finish Review

Just as they did with the Mourvèdre wine cask finish I reviewed this year, the Nelson brothers’ knack for cask finishing is proven again in this release.

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A Honey of a Bourbon: Introducing Belle Meade Bourbon Honey Cask Finish

In a sweet play on the distilling industry’s legendary “honey barrels,” those elusive whiskey casks that have been aged to perfection and are almost mythological within the world of whiskey.

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Belle Meade Bourbon Craftsman Cask Collection: Mourvedre Cask Finish Review

I was wowed by the Belle Meade Cognac cask finish bourbon released two years ago, but this exceeds that. When too many distilleries are using cask finishing to cover up flaws in subpar source material, Andy and Charlie Nelson are demonstrating their ample talents for using well-aged liquid.

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Belle Meade Single Barrel Bourbon Review

My first experience tasting Belle Meade was a few years ago at an event in Louisville. The featured guest speaker at the event was Charlie Nelson, great x 3 grandson of Belle Meade founder Charles Nelson.

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Blind Tasting: Non-Kentucky Brown Water

Recently five good buddies and I made our annual pilgrimage from Louisville, KY to the mountains of western North Carolina for our Fall weekend of The Man Trip Trinity: unabated football watching, bourbon drinking, and consumption of grilled dead animals.

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Bloody Belle: A Bourbon Based Bloody Mary

I’ve never been a fan of the Bloody Mary cocktail but I know that there’s a lot of people who swear by them. Especially on a Sunday morning after a long night of drinking or with friends at a Sunday brunch.

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Belle Meade Bourbon Review

I was sitting in a bookstore several months ago reading Garden & Gun when I stumbled across a review for Belle Meade Bourbon. Anytime I see a review for a bourbon I’m not familiar with I take notice.