By now, you’ve probably read any number of reviews and recommendations about glassware and whiskey accessories here and on other whiskey-related sites and blogs. We have another one for you. Thanks to the good folks at The Prickly Pear in Louisville/Middletown, KY, we had the chance to test out the Whiskey Wedge by Corkcicle. Corkcicle markets a number of different drink-related awesome-named products including the Vinnebago, the Chillsner, and the Decapitator. The Whiskey Wedge is the latest in liquor-chilling products that began with whiskey stones and flowed up through the massive ice spheres and oversized ice cubes we’ve reviewed and…
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Bill is the Co-Founder, Editor-in Chief, and official Bourbon-o-Phile for ModernThirst.com, and Founder and Chief Blending Officer for Four Gate Whiskey Company. He is a native of Louisville, KY in the heart of Bourbon Country. He attended the University of Kentucky in the mid to late 1990s. He has also been published on Liquor.com. He has conducted various bourbon and whiskey tastings in cities across the country, and consulted for multiple national labels. He is married with two daughters, and lives in east Louisville. You can follow him on Facebook and Twitter @BillStraub and email him at [email protected].
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So you don’t need or want to spend $100 on a limited release bourbon, you say? No interest in waiting in line for a chance to be in a lottery to maybe win some Pappy Van Winkle? Need something more economical for an everyday sipper? No problem. We’ve got you covered. And you’re lucky, because with bourbon, low price does not necessarily mean low quality. While the bourbon boom has been fantastic for the production of premium bourbons, it has sometimes caused bourbon drinkers to forget that the juices that sustained the industry for decades are still available, still affordable, and frankly,…
As originally reported earlier today by Fred Minnick, it looks like the Great Bourbon Shortage of 2014-2015 has claimed a very prominent victim. Four Roses has officially confirmed that the Limited Edition Single Barrel is no more. They did reserve the right to release it for special occasions, but there will be no annual release. Due to inventory concerns over aged stock, and to continue to provide the highest quality products, beginning in 2015, Four Roses Distillery will be selecting and bottling their Limited Edition Single Barrel product for special commemorative bottling occasions only. We will, however, continue to produce…
Admittedly, I’m more of a whiskey drinker than a collector. In fact, I sort of despise the idea of buying up rare bourbon with no intention of ever drinking it. That doesn’t mean that, when presented with the idea to get something signed by a well-known bourbon personality, I don’t jump on the opportunity. Aside from autographs and rare bourbon, there are plenty of different options for bourbon collectors. Shot glasses, Glencairns with logos from distilleries, barrel heads, very old bottles, etc. are all common collectibles in the whiskey world. So what’s your version of the bourbon Beanie Baby? What…
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Stats: Producer: Brown-Forman Co, Louisville, KY ABV: 50% (100Proof) Price: $21.99 Availability: Readily Available Age: NAS Mash Bill: 72% Corn, 18% Rye, 10% Barley Malt What it is: Old Forester Signature is a 100 Proof Expression of the standard Old Forester Classic (bottled at 86 proof). It uses the standard Old Forester mash bill. Old Forester is a venerable brand, apparently the first whiskey sold in sealed bottles to the public. Prior to prohibition, whiskey was sold mainly wholesale in barrels directly to rectifiers, retailers, and drug stores, etc. Those organizations then blended the whiskey, or brought t down to whatever proof…
January’s Bourbon of the Month is Elijah Craig Small Batch! It came down to the final days of voting, but EC won by only 2 votes over Barrel Proof Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr. It’s hard to find fault with a bourbon this complex in this price range. At $35 or less, Elijah Craig remains a popular value buy amongst discerning bourbon drinkers, and is a staple of many bourbon bars. At 94 proof, it’s just the right ABV to sip neat or with a splash of water. Adding some distilled water opens up those citrus notes on the nose,…
[amazon_link asins=’B00H143UXW,B016YPDI3A’ template=’ProductCarousel’ store=’modernthirstc-20′ marketplace=’US’ link_id=’06fcabde-89a9-11e7-b0cb-753080d9149d’] Stats: Age: 10 Years & 1 Month 59% ABV (118 Proof) Price Paid: $53 Warehouse RN Barrel 85-3H Distilled by Four Roses Recipe: OESQ (20% Rye) Selected by: Liquor Barn, Louisville, KY Availability: Limited What it is: The Four Roses Private Barrel program allows retailers to hand-pick their own barrel of Four Roses bourbon to have custom-bottled for their customers only. Four Roses bourbon follows 10 distinct recipes, which are marked on the bottle. In reality, there are two different recipes with 5 potential strains of yeast. For the regular yellow label 4 roses, all…