The original Guinness can be known to make any day feel like Christmas, right? This season, Guinness had released a new “Holiday Ale” which delivers an approachable balance of warmth and sweetness. Guinness tells BourbonBlog.com they have embraced a rich heritage and the philosophy of their founder, Arthur Guinness, with the release of this new holiday… Read more »
Barrel House Distilling is a American craft distiller based in Lexington, Kentucky. They are producing the only Rum that BourbonBlog.com knows of in Kentucky. To make it a truly a “Kentucky Rum,” they age it in a used bourbon barrel. Of course, other rums have been aged in used Bourbon barrels before, but apparently not in Kentucky…. Read more »
While we don’t recommend pouring flavors into whiskies or Bourbons at BourbonBlog.com, we recognize the flavored whisky category is rapidly growing. Canada’s national tree is the Maple Tree. Can it get more Canadian than Crown Royal? Put them together, they couldn’t have done much better with this first flavored expression of Crown Royal available for $24.99 per… Read more »
BourbonBlog.com became the first media outlet to taste the Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2012 release at the 2012 Kentucky Bourbon Festival in September in the video below. Now we’re bringing you our review of this year’s 2012 vintage release of Old Forester. For a $50 limited edition release, we recommend you pick up this very… Read more »
Woodford Reserve has just released the latest extension of its Master’s Collection, and it is indeed another beauty that shows off the original flavor with a unique expression. Available in major metro markets, this limited edition release are available with a suggested retail price of $99.99 for a 750ml bottle. at 94.4 proof. This seventh… Read more »
Jim Beam tells BourbonBlog.com it will release Jacob’s Ghost in February. Jacob’s Ghost is a clear whiskey but isn’t a moonshine nor an un-aged white dog. This is a one-of-a-kind aged whiskey, made from the same mash bill of the regular white label Jim Beam. The same process is used up until the aging as Jim… Read more »
Casa Sauza tells BourbonBlog.com they will release the very rare Casa Sauza XA, Edición Limitada (40% ABV), the Sauza Extra Añejo Limited Edition. Only 12,000 750 ml bottles have been produced, including approximately 1,800 bottles for the U.S. Bottled in an elegant glass tequila decanter accented with a distressed leather strap and metal buckle and housed… Read more »
Do you love cookies while you drink a fine glass of Port? The Port house of Fonseca tells BourbonBlog.com they want YOU to submit recipes to their first ever “BIN 27 Port & Cookie Rumble.” Submit your original cookie recipe that pairs best with BIN 27 Port, for a chance to win prizes an enticingly delicious prize. How… Read more »
Wyoming Whiskey, Inc. tells BourbonBlog.com they’ve just released their first bottling of small Batch Bourbon at 88 proof. Wyoming Whiskey says their first 200 barrels of nearly 4 years old in age were released a few days ago to a thirsty Wyoming. Within minutes, these several thousand cases were spoken for and purchased. Thereafter, several… Read more »
Kahlúa tells BourbonBlog.com they have just released their new limited-edition Kahlúa Gingerbread. The Kahlúa holiday line continues to expand, as we previously have reviewed the Kahlúa Cinnamon Spice and Kahlúa Peppermint Mocha. This year, Kahlúa has made the new release with 100% Arabica coffee beans and sugarcane spirit with hints of festive flavors like gingerbread, nutmeg, cinnamon and… Read more »
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