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Marlene Holmes's distiller stories are great, but now her own story is rivaling those

Marlene Holmes's distiller stories are great, but now her own story is rivaling those

By 2018, Holmes had logged 28 years at Beam and was looking for a new challenge in distilling. At age 59, she enjoyed her work, but she'd begun sniffing around opportunities in craft distilling. Ironically, it would be another Beam employee who’d steer her to Milam & Greene.

BOTD Spotlight: Milam & Greene Bottled In Bond Straight Bourbon

Bottle of the Day

BOTD Spotlight: Milam & Greene Bottled In Bond Straight Bourbon

Milam & Greene is renowned for creating premium bourbons, and their Bottled in Bond Straight Bourbon is no exception.

Is Wood All You Got for Uniqueness?

This Round's Mine

Is Wood All You Got for Uniqueness?

In the past decade, American distillers have turned to unique cooperage to differentiate their whiskeys. In some cases, it’s worked wonderfully, especially when real experts in the management of maturate and blending are pulling the levers.

Get to Know: Heather Greene, CEO, Milam & Greene Whiskey

Get to Know: Heather Greene, CEO, Milam & Greene Whiskey

Really, I guess, whiskey chose me. I found it interesting, and when you follow your curiosity, it takes you places.

New Brand Releases

Milam & Greene Whiskey Releases Rare Distillery Edition Batch 5: 5-Year-Old Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Distillery Edition Batch 5, Five-Year-Old Straight Bourbon Whiskey was pot-distilled in a 300-gallon copper still. It is made with a mash bill of 70 percent corn, 22 percent malted rye, and eight percent malted barley along with their proprietary yeast recipe.

Milam & Green Bottled-In-Bond Bourbon Whiskey Review

Bourbon Whiskey Reviews

Milam & Green Bottled-In-Bond Bourbon Whiskey Review

On the nose of this BIB release is spring in a glass–a mixed bouquet of peonies, roses and lilac–backed by cinnamon stick and lavender. I'd be hard pressed to recall nosing such a floral spirit.

Milam & Greene Batch 3 Castle Hill Bourbon Review

Bourbon Whiskey Reviews

Milam & Greene Batch 3 Castle Hill Bourbon Review

I've never been a fan of the children's vitamin note common to whiskeys made there, and I assumed this would bring more of the same. It didn't. This is a delicious whiskey with unique virtues appreciated in its aromas and flavors.

New Brand Releases

Milam & Greene Whiskey Releases White-Tailed Buck Single Barrel Bourbon

It has a long viscous finish with hints of menthol, gingerbread, and candy corn. This is one of the highest-proof bourbons bottled by Milam & Greene Whiskey and the distilling team recommends adding a measure of water to open the flavors.

New Brand Releases

Milam & Greene Unveils Unabridged Volume 2 Bourbon, the First Release of the Limited Autumn 2023 Blender’s Reserve Collection

Milam & Greene Unabridged Volume 2 flavors showcase the incomparable talents of the distillery team under the direction of CEO, Heather Greene, who was recently honored as the “Master Blender of the Year.”

Milam & Greene CEO Heather Greene Honored as “Master Blender of the Year” by Bourbon Women

Milam & Greene CEO Heather Greene Honored as “Master Blender of the Year” by Bourbon Women

Greene has long been a trailblazer in the whiskey industry. She was the first American woman to serve on the Scotch Malt Whiskey Society Tasting Panel and the first woman to write a whiskey book shortlisted in the New York Times.

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Milam & Greene Introduces Very Small Batch Straight Bourbon Whiskey: Batch 1

“Using very small batches as the heart of our new whiskey allows for greater control over the final product. It takes much more attention to detail to produce an elegant whiskey using smaller quantities of bourbon and three different climates.