Nearly 10 Million Barrels Resting in Kentucky – Is that Good?
Author: Steve Coomes
Written: December 2020
In October, the Kentucky Distillers’ Association released record numbers for whiskey barrels filled (2.1 million) and total barrels in aging (9.86 million) at the end of 2019. Cooperages raising...
Did Bourbon Really Used to be “Better”?
Date Originally Published: Spring 2019
“The real rye, not that pickle juice you have today,” read the caption under a bottle of late-1990s Old Rip Van Winkle Old Time Rye posted on Jayson Ozoria’s popular...
Will There Be a New Weller Bourbon in 2021? What We Know
2021 will hopefully bring a lot of great bottles to whiskey lovers, but will a new Weller product be among them? We spoke with Buffalo Trace master distiller Harlen Wheatley about that very question.
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New Riff Winter Whiskey 2020: The Best Thing We Drank This Week
New Riff Winter Whiskey was an unexpected but welcome last-minute limited edition for 2020, and it’s the best thing I tasted this first full week of 2021. We’re going to dive into what makes it so interesting, but first, a little background.
The Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batches 2020 Ranked and Explained
Now that the year is ending, we break down the differences in the 2020 Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Bourbon releases, and rank them from best to worst.
What Whiskeys Bourbon Review Writers Actually Want for the Holidays
We compiled a list of the bourbons, ryes, and other whiskeys the writers at The Bourbon Review really want this holiday season.
Reader Question: Why No Fourth Booker’s Bourbon Batch for 2020?
Booker’s lovers are a different breed if you ask me. No sooner had I posted my ranking of the 2020 Booker’s batches this week than I got the question from a reader about whether there was going to be a fourth Booker's batch.
The 2020 Booker’s Bourbon Batches Explained and Ranked
The 2020 Booker's Bourbon batches have come to a close with this month's release of the final batch of the year, "Pigskin." And now that we've tried them all, it seemed like the perfect time to rank them.