Don’t get scammed buying whiskey!! Blog post directly from “@whiskeyscam Follow him if you don’t already- I’ve been on Twitter since 2009 and like most of you, I use it to discuss trends and hobbies, keep up with others, stay on top of emerging news, and to enjoy communicating with a wider audience. Being active on such a huge platform with over a 100 million daily users has pros and cons. One of the bigger issues is authenticity. How do you know the person you are communicating with on Twitter is a good faith account? Twitter has always had an issue with misinformation, scams, and fake ..read more

My #1 pick for favorite whiskey of 2022. Part 2 All 2022 Batches ALT I scratch my head when I see these “Best of” lists from people that couldn’t pick the rotten Apple in a bucket with two Apples in it. Let’s ignore that fact that they may not have the background, nose, expertise, or any legitimization they should to even pick a heavily chlorinated water sample from one that was 100% pure from distilled. But how and why does a bottle rise above all others for that year? Rarely do we get an in-depth explanation which I’m about to dive into. So let’s get into my Anatomy of my favorite Whiske ..read more

Whiskey of the year 2022 Part 1 My top 3 favorite finalists for 2022 If you don’t want to read my commentary or Best of lists, skip a few paragraphs to the heading: “My favorite American Whiskeys of 2022”. I’ve said it before, I’ll say it lots more, Best Whiskey lists have become like grains of sand and more or less “suggestions”. If you really like or trust someone, especially if they are some sort of globally accepted authority then maybe go with it, but always with this grain of sand. Now with hundreds (I’d not thousands of self professed or implied “experts”) my issue has always been tha ..read more

Here are my 2021 favorite Whiskey options you can find for every budget. You can’t go wrong with these. They’re reliable, won’t ever let you down mixing or neat. Gifts or not. You should be able to get these in most of the US or acquired from other areas easily if not. They should also be on shelves at normal msrp or lower. Barrell Bourbon/Whiskey Many options and variations but I love the Bourbon Batches most. Expect $80-$100 for regular releases, more for extra special things. Keep an eye out for the private selections done by stores with great private barrel reputations. Stock up because it ..read more

Fathers Day and other gifts 2020-Pick 3 for $100 at the end. Best 3 bottles for $100 Time for my not so famous 2020 gift guide. Fathers Day, Holidays whatever. Let’s start with some stuff that I like or think is cool. Then I’ll get to bottles with some commentary. Let’s start with some successful Kickstarters I’ve done over the years I like and can no be purchased in-stock. Sorry if photo links aren’t working. At some point everyone needs ice and water for you Whiskey so ice ball/cube gadgets- The Polar Ice Tray-they aren’t cheap for ice ball or cube trays but nice clear ice is every whiskey g ..read more

thebourbontruth: I’m not a Entomologist but I’ve heard their busy at work in Kentucky’s Rick Houses used to store the millions and millions of barrels aging. These Whiskey Warehouses are being slowly eaten, some faster than others. An Entomologist is a bug scientist and for the last several years the Powderpost Beetle have been slowly destroying many of Kentucky’s Rick Houses. Years of ignoring the issue have come to a head rendering more and more of these buildings structurally unsound. One source has told me that a major Kentucky distillery has a Rick/Rack/Warehouse used for its tours tha ..read more

2019 Fathers Day Bourbon Buying Guide/ListHere is my 2019 Fathers Day Bourbon Buying Guide/List. It’s somewhat an “evergreen list” though that should hold up for a bit. Its also a “Reality List”. Its my belief that a Whiskey favorites buying list is worthless if you can’t buy it. For this reason, I’m leaving off things that are too limited to buy at a reasonable price, poor value, over rated or unfortunately not distributed to enough places to make it easy to find.1792 Barton Small Batch, Single Barrel and Full Proof Bourbon’s are all good buys for their respective taste and price of $30-$50An ..read more

Van Winkle ain’t what it used to be. Each year that goes by Van Winkle Bourbon and Rye gets more and more difficult to get while Quality plummets. One can easily guess that the once plentiful stocks of Stitzel Weller made it so easy to pick a great barrel that a chimp could do it. Speaking of chimps it reminds me of a short email conversation I had with Julian Van Winkle III a few years back about how he can pick 90 barrels a day without the palate fatigue any Master Distiller would get after a fraction of that. His answer was that he did it by smell. It would have been funny if not such a stu ..read more

When it’s not Fun anymore.The one thing about saying that Whiskey is a hobby is people instantly think, “Well, He must be an alcoholic”. Nothing could be further from the truth though. I may have 3-5 drinks on average per week. I don’t need one. I’ll often go out with people drinking and don’t have one. What I’m saying is I never need to drink and I’m lucky that way. I’m a bit hunted by a friend that was not so lucky. His name was Penn and he had a facebook group that is now a ghost never used. He was active in the Bourbon community. He’d call me late and keep me on the phone for hours bl ..read more

My Offical favorite Whiskey of 2017 is nothing.I’m past due to come up with my favorite Whiskey for 2017. My own rule is something that can be bought at most stores introduced after 11/2016 through 2017. I don’t take free industry samples so I haven’t had most of the new selections but have had most of the major ones. First, there weren’t many and second I wouldn’t recommend any of them. That’s right, there were no new ones. 2016 had the Old Forester 1920 and Rebel Yell 10. Masters Keep was there and a few others. No real shortage of ones to pick. I went with the 1920 because I liked it bette ..read more