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Four Roses

A collection of 40 posts

First Taste: Four Roses New Single Barrel Collection

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First Taste: Four Roses New Single Barrel Collection

The deep copper color of these bourbons all but screams, “I’m 7 to 9 years old and one heck of a bargain at $49.” It’s a good visual reminder of the high-quality product in the glass and the fact that Four Roses simply never disappoints.

Behind the scenes of a Four Roses barrel pick

Behind the scenes of a Four Roses barrel pick

Not everyone can snag a spot on a Four Roses barrel pick, but we’ve got you covered. We documented the whole experience to give our entire community a behind-the-scenes look at what it’s like to be part of a Bourbon & Banter Four Roses barrel pick

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Four Roses Unveils Single Barrel Collection

The Single Barrel Collection will feature the first three new 100 proof Single Barrel bourbons – OBSF, OESK, and OESO – alongside the flagship Single Barrel, OBSV.

Four Roses 2024 Limited Edition Small Batch Bourbon Review

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Four Roses 2024 Limited Edition Small Batch Bourbon Review

It's rich-rich on the palate. A blend of honey and Demerara syrups usher in deep oak tones and long-cooked fruit characters like blackberry preserves.

New Brand Releases

Get Ready for the Four Roses 2024 Limited Edition Small Batch Bourbon Release on September 14

Non-chill filtered and bottled at 108.2 proof; the 2024 Limited Edition Small Batch Bourbon features four hand-selected batches aged 12 to 20 years.

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‘Honey, It’s Barrel Aged!”

If you haven’t had honey drizzled on a pizza, you're missing out. Hot honey is even better, as in spiced up rather than heated.

A Private Barrel Pick at Four Roses Bourbon Is One of a Kind

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A Private Barrel Pick at Four Roses Bourbon Is One of a Kind

“Oh, we’ve had people argue about it for sure,” Mandy Vance, manager of the Private Barrel Selection process at Four Roses, told me a few years ago about a pick. They generally work it out, though, because they’re having fun.”

Four Roses 135th Anniversary Limited Edition Review

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Four Roses 135th Anniversary Limited Edition Review

When I finished the Zoom tasting, I was skeptical about the 25-year-old whiskey in the final blend. Did it contribute that much, or was it just meant to make this Small Batch Limited Edition a little more special on paper for its anniversary?

New Brand Releases

Four Roses releasing ’23 Limited Edition Single Barrel Sept. 15

This bourbon is a biggin’, a powerful and complex pour created from a commingling of 12-, 14-, 16- and 25-year-old barrels. Though the final proof is 108, it drinks higher than that.

Four Roses: The Ten Recipe Tasting Experience

Four Roses: The Ten Recipe Tasting Experience

The kit will include 50ml bottles of each recipe for bourbon enthusiasts to get a taste of where the brand's offerings originate.

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Sleep Deprived & Bourbonized – Bourbon & Banter Podcast #27

Sleep-Deprived & Bourbonized – the 27th episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. We dedicate this podcast to those awake at 3 am, thinking about all the limited-release bottles coming out this fall that you’ll never see. We feel your pain.

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Wind Beneath My Wings – Bourbon & Banter Podcast #25

The 25th episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – Wind Beneath My Wings – is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. No, we’re not channeling our inner Bette Midler. But we might be channeling some gas from all the bullshit we’ve consumed since our last episode.

Bourbon Crusaders & STRAW Announce Four Horsemen Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Bourbon Crusaders & STRAW Announce Four Horsemen Kentucky Straight Bourbon

As first reported in Episode 23 of the Bourbon & Banter Podcast, the Bourbon Crusaders are partnering with the Society for Transparency in American Whiskey (STRAW) for a release that can only be described as a bourbon nerds dream. Fred Noe, Jimmy Russell, Jim Rutledge & Chris Morris got together.

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The Horsemen Ride – Bourbon & Banter Podcast #23

The 23rd episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – The Horsemen Ride – is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. With the Midwest weather, Pops and Bob have braved wind, sleet, snow, ice, hail, and bad bourbon to bring you this month’s installment of the most honest podcast in bourb

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Storytime with Dan Gardner – Bourbon & Banter Podcast #21

The 21st episode of the Bourbon & Banter podcast – Storytime with Dan Gardner – is now available for your listening and drinking pleasure. The Bourbon & Banter team celebrated our 10th anniversary earlier this year, and we let the mics roll a few times.

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Expansion Coming Four Roses Distillery Visitor Center

Four Roses officials today announced plans for an expansion of the current visitor center and enhancements to the overall guest experience at the Bourbon distillery located in Lawrenceburg, Ky.

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Four Roses 2020 Limited Edition Small Batch Review

Similar to last year’s release, this year’s Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch bourbon has a lovely nosed filled with buttery vanilla and complemented with a pome fruit bomb and spiced orange.

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2019 Four Roses Limited Edition Small Batch Review

What a nose! the butter cream with vanilla front notes are amazing on their own. Add in the baking spices and juicy fruit and my nose starts telling my feet to dance. It’s really that good. It’s not overly complex like some bourbons with layer upon layer of aromas.

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Four Roses Bourbon Blooms as the Official Bourbon of the Rose Bowl Stadium

Four Roses has become the Official Bourbon Partner of the Rose Bowl Stadium.

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Four Roses Small Batch Select Review

When I first received the press release announcing the upcoming release of Four Roses Small Batch Select, I was a bit hesitant to get my hopes up. Four Roses does a great job with their regular lineup and limited releases so I was concerned that a new expression, slated to be part of the regular lin

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Four Roses to Extend Permanent Lineup with New Bourbon

The fourth rose is being added to Four Roses’ permanent lineup of Bourbons. The introduction of Four Roses Small Batch Select will be the distillery’s first permanent product-line extension in more than 12 years, joining Four Roses Single Barrel, Four Roses Small Batch and Four Roses Bourbon.

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Four Roses 130th Anniversary Limited Edition Small Batch

This might just be Brent Elliott’s best release since taking over as Master Distiller at Four Roses. It’s a great sign of what he’s capable of and gets me excited to see what he does next. Is it better than the Al Young commemorative release?

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Sipping Bourbon at Four Roses

A quick history lesson before we dive into our visit. Four Roses was started in 1888. In 1943, when Seagram’s purchased the company, they decided to stop selling in the US market to focus on Europe and Asia.

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Four Roses 2017 Small Batch Limited Edition Al Young’s 50th Anniversary Bourbon Review

I loved the throwback design for the bottle and label. I am a fan of Four Roses and have a reasonable (depending on who you ask) collection of their Private Barrel selections.

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The War of the Roses, Part 1

One of the aspects that makes tasting bourbon so exciting is the variation that occurs from one release to the next. A bourbon that is “batched” is a blend of several barrels that tastes uniform across every bottle.