We spent last weekend with friends in Long Island when at the 11th hour our friend’s dad brings out the Knob Creek 25th Anniversary bottle. When this happens, you know it’s time to sit, drink but most importantly, you know you are about to share some great memories with great company. This limited edition Knob…
Category: Kentucky bourbon
Old Ezra 7-Year Barrel Strength
Very recently we attended a whiskey event and came across a bourbon that completely blew our minds. Old Ezra is a Kentucky Straight bourbon whiskey aged for 7-years in new charred white oak barrels. It is barrel strength, bottled at 117 proof and it is distilled at Luxco’s Lux Row Distillers. Tasting Notes Nose: oak,…
Parker’s Heritage Collection 24 year-old bourbon limited release edition
In it’s 10th edition, Heaven Hill Distillery released this 24 year-old bourbon, which pays homage to sixth-generation Master Distiller Parker Beam. Not only does it pay homage to him, but Heaven Hill also donates portions of the proceeds made from the bottles to Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS) also known as Lou Gehrig’s Disease, research and…
Boozy Milkshake with Wathen’s Bourbon
Ok so it hasn’t been an extremely hot summer so far, but even so, there are times when you may want something to cool you down and you want that something to include bourbon. Here’s a short and sweet recipe to a boozy milkshake I think you might like. I made these milkshakes last night…
Buffalo Trace Kentucky Straight Bourbon
Sunday nights have become a bit of a bourbon night for my boyfriend and I. For the last couple of weekends we have sat down to watch Game of Thrones with a dram of Bourbon. Last night it happened to be a bourbon we had not tried before but had heard so much about, Buffalo…
Farmer Willie’s Alcoholic Ginger Beer and Whiskey Cocktail Recipe
I am certain we’ve all heard of ginger beer and may have even tried it before, but, if you have not heard about or tried Farmer Willie’s Ginger Beer, well let me introduce you to it because it’s a ginger beer you should definitely get to know. Don’t worry, I am still the whiskeywench and…
Wathen’s Kentucky Bourbon
Happy Monday! Sorry for posting a little later than normal. I am running a little behind and although it will be short and sweet, I do have a great Bourbon to talk to you about today. Before this year I had not tasted nor had I ever heard of Wathen’s Kentucky bourbon until Frank from…
Booker’s Small Batch Bourbon
Happy Monday! Wishing you all had a wonderful weekend whether you were out celebrating a religious holiday or maybe crying because your NCAA March Madness bracket was officially busted (no judgment here folks, I too cried). The first time I ever tried Booker’s, produced by Jim Beam, was on my first trip to Las Vegas,…
Larceny Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
I’ve officially had it with all this snow! Over 9 feet of snow within the last few weeks makes me want to move to a nice tropical island. I however suspect we have not seen the last of the snow storms. During last weeks storm I wrote a review about a bourbon, I am going…
Knob Creek Kentucky Straight Bourbon
My apologies for today’s late post and for not posting last week. These snow storms have been crazy! We’re getting another storm now as we speak. I am wondering if I somehow moved to Alaska without knowing it. The upside, whiskey is always perfect on days like these. Today I sampled a Knob Creek Kentucky…
2014 Holiday Gift Guide – Bourbon/Whiskey and Whisky
Time is flying by and if you are like me, I am certain you are trying to think of ideas for those last-minute holiday gifts you may still need to buy. Well, I am here to help! Looking through all the 119 posts I’ve posted since I first started blogging I’ve come up with a…
Very Special Old Fitzgerald 12 year-old straight bourbon whiskey
Had I walked into a liquor store and seen Old Fitzgerald I am not sure it would have been a bottle I would have picked up or even glanced at. A friend of my boyfriend introduced me to Old Fitzgerald 12, and even when he showed us the bottle I didn’t think much of it….
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