I have taken a while to review these; I have had the American Batch 10 since after Christmas and I got the Bourbon Batch 3LA a couple of months ago. Old Carter bottlings are very expensive largely because they are double barrelled for extra flavor. Batch 3LA is 118 proof. The color is a very … Continue reading Tasting Notes Double Header: Old Carter Bourbon Batch 3LA and American Batch 10

It has literally been two years since I have been able to get my hands on a bottle of Booker's, the uncut, unfiltered small batch bourbon from Jim Beam. Booker's batches are often different from one another as far as flavor and proof, but the age is fairly consistent between six and eight years old, … Continue reading Tasting Notes: Booker’s Batch 2023-01 – “Charlie’s Batch”

I have to say that I have enjoyed store picks of Maker's Mark 46 finished with differing staves, and I hope those stay around. But the Wood Finishing Series has also been a real treat. It is sad that the BEP 2023 release will be the last of the series. BEP stands for barrel entry … Continue reading Tasting Notes: Maker’s Mark Wood Finishing Series BEP 2023 release; the last of the Wood Finishing Series

I did a detailed review of K.Luke Barrel Strength Batch 3 not even a month ago, and now Batch 4 is on the shelves. I really enjoyed batch 3 and was looking forward to batch 4. This one has the same high and low rye bourbons from Indiana and Kentucky as was in Batch 3, … Continue reading Tasting Notes: K.Luke Blended Straight Bourbon Whiskey Small Batch Barrel Strength Batch 4

Big Escambia Spirits in Atmore, Alabama was founded in 2014 and is producing bourbon from locally grown special non-gmo corn and other locally sourced grains where those are obtainable. I suspect barley doesn't grow very well in southern Alabama, so using out of state barley is certainly forgivable. Their line of bourbons is named Dettling, … Continue reading Dettling Alabama Straight Bourbon Whiskey Cask Strength Single Barrel

Hokus Pokus has a new Nulu Barrel pick, this one being aged in a toasted barrel and finished with toasted French oak staves, which they call “Double Toasted”. It is non-chill filtered and bottled at cask strength of 106.8 proof. This was distilled at MGP, and aged seven long years. The color on this is … Continue reading Tasting Notes: Nulu Double Toasted Bourbon Hokus Pokus Single Barrel Select

Jonathan Masiano, the owner of Masiano's Fine Wine & Spirits in Ocean Springs, Mississippi, is somewhat of a bourbon legend because of the amazing barrel picks of bourbon he would have at his store. His store has become a destination for bourbon connoisseurs. He made his first single barrel trip to Kentucky in the summer … Continue reading K.Luke Blended Straight Bourbon Small Batch Barrel Strength Batch 3

I had previously tried Clyde May's at it was on the bar of a professional function I attended in Baton Rouge. I was not impressed. But, when I went to Hokus Pokus today, they had me sample two new whiskies on the shelf - Clyde May's Special Reserve 6 Year Old Special Reserve Straight Bourbon … Continue reading Double Header: Clyde May’s Special Reserve 6 Year Old Straight Bourbon and Clyde May’s Cask Strength 8 Year Old Alabama Style Whiskey

I have really enjoyed Hokus Pokus' barrel picks of Heaven's Door, which have been low rye mashbill Tennessee bourbons. For Christmas, my daughters got me the Heaven's Door Decade Series, which is a ten year old twenty percent rye mashbill bourbon that has NOT undergone the Lincoln County process of charcoal mellowing. They have bottled … Continue reading Tasting Notes: Heaven’s Door Decade Series 10 Year Old Bourbon

A bourbon prized by connoisseurs that was not released in 2021 is back with a vengeance in 2022 at 138.7 proof, uncut, non-chill filtered Buffalo Trace bourbon - George T. Stagg. The color on this is deep amber with lots of mahogany, showing every bit of its fifteen years and five months in the barrel. … Continue reading Tasting Notes: 2022 George T. Stagg