Brands and Bottle Posts - The Bourbon Guide

id	idBrand	Brand	Brand Description	Bottle	idDistillery			idBottle
id	idBrand	Brand	Brand Description	Bottle	idDistillery	Bottle Description	Picture	idBottle
1	1	Ancient Age		Ancient Ancient Age 10 Yr	8	This 6 year old Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey could be called triple A or AAA but that has other connotations. It is the fancier version of Ancient Age.		1
2	51	Angel’s Envy		Angel's Envy	14	Batch 4M Bottle 157 Finished in port wine barrels. 43.3% Fancy smancy! Very cool bottle design and how could port barrel aging be bad? Somewhat controversial as it is not traditional, but we are certainly not elitists so we have no problem with a little experimentation.		2
4	45	Baker's Single Barrel		Baker's Single Barrel	3	Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. Barreled 01-2011. Aged 8 years 6 months.		78
100	100	Barlow		Big Bottom Barlow Trail	39	A blended American whiskey with little details: a blend of three well-aged whiskeys with no neutral spirits. So you can figure out what it isn't at least!		24
6	69	Belle Meade		Belle Meade Bourbon	22	A friend of mine was in Tennessee and was at a liquor store reading labels to me to see if I needed anything for my collection. Over the phone he read the name of this bourbon and then added…”it has a classy bottle”…. and I was sold. I am a sucker for a nice bottle. Call me superficial, I know the liquor will be drunk! oh and... It is a high-rye straight bourbon; double gold medal winner at the 2015 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.		3
6	69	Belle Meade		Belle Meade Cognac Cask Finish	22	Aged in Champagne XO cognacs Limousin oak casks ; A gold medal at the 2017 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.		71
6	69	Belle Meade		Belle Meade Madeira Cask Finish	22	Aged in Madeira wine barrels; A double gold medal at the 2017 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.		72
6	69	Belle Meade		Belle Meade Sherry Cask Finish	22	Finished in Spanish Oloroso sherry casks for 9 years. A double gold medal and Best Special Barrel Finish Bourbon at the 2015 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.		33
6	69	Belle Meade			22	bottled at cask strength		73
95	95	Berkshire		Berkshire	35	Hand crafted and triple pot distilled in virgin American white oak barrels. They say there are hints of toffee and spice. From Berkshire Mountain Distillers, Sheffield, MA – there first legal distillery since prohibition.		4
10	13	Black Maple Hill	wheated Stizel-Weller but later thought to be sourced from Kentucky Bourbon Distillers	Black Maple Hill (2013 Original Red Label Wax Top)	18	Limited Edition – aged in White Oak Casks and Hand Bottled. Red label.		6
91	91	Blade And Bow		Blade and Bow	31	They use a Solera System aging process including some of the last Stizle-Weller bourbon produced before it closed in 1992.		7
11	4	Blanton's Single Barrel		Blanton's Bottle 104	8	Each bottle has a distinctive cork with a letter imbedded into the picture of the horse. The idea is to collect all of the letters. This bottle was the letter L – We have are not even close to collecting of the corks to spell B L A N T O N S. Honestly, we are big fan's of cool bottles and gimmicks, but this is just a little too much. Bourbon was dumped on 2011.08.15 from barrel no 23 stored in warehouse 11 on rick # 2 – giving us bottle #104.		8
12	44	Bookers		Booker's 7 year Straight Bourbon Whiskey	3	Jim Beam makes this bourbon which is made straight from the barrel and is totally uncut – if you couldn’t tell at 127 proof. Holy cow! Use this to start fires if you are desperate…. might be a great camping bourbon for that reason. A little goes a long way. Sometimes bourbon tasting requires adding branch water to bring out the bourbon’s natural flavors especially at such a high alcohol content. Batch number C03-I-16		9
13	68	Bowman Brothers		Bowman Brothers Small Batch	21	Read the back of the bottle for a good story. To note, they don't produce their own whiskey, they do, however, use their copper still to re-distill it before 6 or so 7 years of on-site aging.		10
77	77	Breckenridge		Breckenridge	27	The “World’s Highest Distillery”. This is a 4x winner of Best American Blended (2016, 17, 18, and 2019) from the World Whiskies Awards and Bourbon of the Year in 2011 at the International Wine & Spirits Competition.		11
81	81	Buck		Buck 8 year old	28	from caskers: Buck 8 Year Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is matured for a minimum of eight years in new American oak casks under the intense Kentucky sun. As a result of this maturation process, the bourbon has a caramel color, along with an aroma of vanilla, dark fruits, creme brulée and honey. The aroma gives way to notes of cherries, maple syrup, waffle cones and wood spices on the palate, and leads to a finish accented by touches of caramel, charcoal and cocoa. The bourbon earned the Bronze Medal at the San Francisco World Spirits Competition, and earned a score of 91 points from the Beverage Testing Institute. Pick up a bottle today!		12
14	5	Buffalo Trace		Buffalo Trace	8	Our first review of a bourbon will be Buffalo Trace Kentucky bourbon. This is a great bourbon to start with. It is very reasonably priced, easy to find and has a very mild taste that many people enjoy. We consider this a bourbon to rate other bourbons against.		13
88	88	Bulleit		Bulleit	1	No specific bottle number. The original Bulleit. A Kentucky straight bourbon made from limestone filtered water and considered a “frontier whiskey” using their words.		14
90	90	Cleveland Whiskey		Cleveland	30	Batch 006 and is a limited production where they finish with an oxygen enrich accelerated process. This sounds fancy so keep reading to see if we liked it! First though let us explain this process a little more. They start with barrel-aged bourbon but instead of letting it age the old-fashioned way, in a warehouse, they use pressure changes and oxygen to control the aging process. This bottle was pressure aged for 6 months using charred white oak segments and a little science to deliver their product faster (www.clevelandwhiskey.com).		15
17	6	E.H. Taylor Jr. Collection		Colonel E. H. Taylor Single Barrel	8	Bottled in Bond. This is the classic bourbon whiskey bottle, with the tapered neck and tall classy body. These bottles are sometimes referred to as lady legs because of the taper and style. The label is very classy and this bottle just looks good in your liqueur cabinet. You might have to buy it just to look that cool. Just saying…		16
17	6	E.H. Taylor Jr. Collection		Colonel E. H. Taylor Small Batch	8	Bottled in Bond. This is the classic bourbon whiskey bottle, with the tapered neck and tall classy body. These bottles are sometimes referred to as lady legs because of the taper and style. The label is very classy and this bottle just looks good in your liqueur cabinet. You might have to buy it just to look that cool. Just saying…		17
21	8	Elijah Craig Collection		Elijah Craig 12yr	2	A small batch Kentucky straight bourbon made from limestone filtered water and a special yeast recipe. In their own words “one of the world’s greatest bourbons”. Please read on to see our perspective.		18
21	8	Elijah Craig Collection		Elijah Craig 18yr	2	Bottled from one barrel, no comingling. It should be smooth yet have a complex flavor.		19
21	8	Elijah Craig Collection		Elijah Craig 23yr	2	Aged in the rickhouses lower floors provide a slower aging process. Master Distillers sample barrels and select those to become the Elijah Craig 23-Year-Old Single Barrel.		20
21	8	Elijah Craig Collection		Elijah Craig Barrel Proof	2	12 yr. Uncut, straight from the barrel without chill filtering.		21
21	8	Elijah Craig Collection		Elijah Craig Small Batch	2	8-12 yr. Bearing the name of Rev. Elijah Craig, credited as the first to age his whiskey in charred oak barrels. Full body for a warm spice and subtle smoke flavor.		22
22	9	Elmer T. Lee Single Barrel		Elmer T Lee	8	A single barrel sour mash Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. The man himself was George T. Stagg Distillery’s first Master Distiller and started his career their when Col. Albert B. Blanton was their President.		23
23	10	Evan Williams		Evan Williams 1783	2	This bourbon is a steal! It almost made us pass it on as a bottom shelf no name drink, but that would have been a major mistake. This is a real whiskey and should certainly be included in everyone’s collection. Do not let the cheap price tag fool you. My only comment is: why is Makers so much more… and forget some of the other drinks!		25
92	92	Few		Few Rye (Bottle 8)	32	‘FEW’ the intials of former President of the Women’s Christian Temperance Movement, Francis E Willard.		26
26	70	Filibuster		Filibuster Dual cask	23	2 distinct oak barrels. Finished in French Oak barrels. The bottle tested was Batch 1, Bottle 3955 and was purchased in Washington DC. This is a 45% alcohol bourbon. This is a novelty type bourbon, and got some great reviews on-line and in magazines. We are lucky to have a bottle, but now that we tried it…we are stuck with a bottle.		27
27	12	Four Roses		Four Roses	1			28
27	12	Four Roses		Four Roses Single Barrel (Barrel GW-5K)	1	Four Roses has many many variations – we feel they are all in a similar flavor and unfortunately for us it falls more in line with a nice mixer rather than a straight up sipping bourbon. We will likely review many of the Four Roses bands, so stay tuned, we might find one we like.		29
28	25	George Dickel		George Dickel Bottled in Bond	11	George Dickel (Bottled in Bond, Distilling season Fall 2005, 14 year, rated Whiskey Guide 2019 #1 )		30
29	32	Heaven Hill		William Heavenhill Single Barrel	2	Barrel #13 (of 30) Barreled Feb 6, 2003 and bottled April 20, 2017; 5th Edition offered from Rickhouse U floor 3		5
30	33	Henry McKenna			2			77
30	33	Henry McKenna		Henry Mckenna Single Barrel Bourbon	2	Bonded 10 year Barreled Oct 26, 2001 Barrel # 868		70
104	102	High West American Prairie		High West American Prairie	41	Batch no. 19E08. At least 2 years old of sourced whiskeys and High West pledges to donate 10% of after tax profits to the American Prairie Reserve.		68
31	26	Hillrock	A solera aged bourbon. Solera for those of you, like us, that needed to look it up is a "stack of barrels where a small portion of whiskey is removed periodically and new whiskey is added." That is Hillrocks definition. They ensure that no barrell is e	Hillrock	19	Barrel # 13 with Dave Pickerell's Signature		32
32	71	Hirsch		Hirsch 20 Year Special Reserve	25	A rare bottle only 120 casks were produced from Feb 27, 1987 mash in Illinois.		69
33	62	Hudson Baby Bourbon		Hudson Baby Bourbon Whiskey (Year 12, Batch 2, Bottle 1218)	17	is distilled in New York by Tuthilltown using 100% New York corn before being aged in American Oak barrels. The distille ’s website states that this is the first legal pot-distilled whiskey made in New York since prohibition. This was gift for Jason after his wife had a fantastic weekend in New York City. This was a present and is really neat to have in your cabinet for guests to try. We must mention that this is a unique bourbon as it 100% corn and made in Gardinier, New York.		34
41	14	Jefferson's	Founded in 1997, Jefferson’s is the brainchild of Trey Zoeller and his father Chet, a famed bourbon historian. They were continuing a family tradition that goes back to Trey’s 8th generation grandmother who was arrested in 1799 for the “production and sal	Jefferson's Ocean Aged at Sea (Voyage #5)	12	Aged at Sea takes older bourbon barrels and brings it around the world. Stopping in 5 different continents and crossing the equator 4 times, this bourbon truly is a world beater.		36
41	14	Jefferson's	Founded in 1997, Jefferson’s is the brainchild of Trey Zoeller and his father Chet, a famed bourbon historian. They were continuing a family tradition that goes back to Trey’s 8th generation grandmother who was arrested in 1799 for the “production and sal	Jefferson's Presidential 18 yr.	12	Distilled Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey aged a minimum of four years in charred oak casks. Distilled from wheat in the fall of 1991 and is batch 12 bottle 1296 having been aged in Stitzel-Weller barrels. Jefferson’s found aged whiskeys to bottle under the Jefferson’s Presidential label of various whiskies ages from 15 to even 30 years.		37
46	47	Knob Creek		Knob Creek Rye Cask Strength 2019	13	Batch 2; Barreled 2010 Warehouse A; winner of the 2018 best rye award		74
47	38	Larceny		Larceny	2	Selected to have a taste profile of a 6yr. Kentucky Bourbon having been made with wheat and not rye.		39
102	101	Legent		Legent	40	Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey made by Two legends. Fred Noe and Shinji Fukuyo. Partially finished in wine and sherry casks.		67
96	96	Leopold		Leopold Bros	36	Bottle Number 84. A small batch whiskey (NOT A BOURBON) pot stilled using open fermented mash. It is from Colorado.		40
48	72	Lexington		Lexington	24	Classic looking classy bottle. No bells and whistles, just solid Kentucky bourbon.		41
49	30	Maker's Mark		Maker's Mark	4	This is the staple bourbon of our generation (the young winner generation!). The bourbon everyone knows, the bourbon everyone starts drinking and the bourbon the market cannot get enough of. The company was considering, but has since decided not to, a reduction in the alcohol content by 3%. This would have been accomplished by adding water to meet the insane market demand. All bourbon drinkers know this brand and many still like it as a go-to drink. After trying so many Bourbons, many of our friends that are serious bourbon drinkers never buy it again. See our review and you will know why….remember we like sweet bourbon, not earthy spicy bourbon as a norm.		42
50	27	Michter's	family owned bourbon	Michter's 10 Single Barrel	16	2016 Barrel #809		43
55	39	Old Fitzgerald		Old Fitzgerald 101	2	1989 - 10 year; Japanese export		44
56	49	Old Forester	oldest bourbon continuously on the market – first bottled in 1870	Old Forester 2012 Birthday	13	On 8.15.11 it was dumped from barrel no 23 stored in warehouse 11 on rick # 2 – giving us bottle #104. 12 year – Birthday Bourbon 2012 – aged in oak casks. Old Forester puts out a new birthday bourbon each year. Some years are better than others. So as soon as 2013 is bottled and distributed it will be hard to find past years. These are really kind of fun to collect and compare year to year. Unfortunately they are often hard to find and have a much more spicy flavor than we normally enjoy. A few of the other companies put out yearly or experimental bourbons (like Buffalo Trace) and these might be better to collect if you share out pallet for sweet drinks.		45
57	52	Old Grand-Dad		Old Grand-Dad	3	bottled in bond; high rye mash bill		46
94	94	Orphan Barrel		Rhetoric	34	The Orphan Barrel Whiskey Company uses orphaned barrels to bottle bourbon that once drunk are gone for ever. They bottle only in Tullahoma, Tennessee and from what we gather it is also a Diageo product. This particular bottle is a 20-year-old and of course a limited release. (Check them out at www.orphanbarrel.com).		51
99	99	Pendleton	established brand in 2003.	Pendleton 1910	38	NOT A bourbon. 100% rye whisky distilled in Canada and is oak-barrel aged a minimum of 12 years.		49
93	93	Rebel		Rebel Reserve	33	Bottle number 28285; Batch number 1709		50
61	67	Rock Hill Farms		Rock Hill Farms	20	Single Barrel Bourbon – check out the bottle! It is not weak. This was given to us as a gift from a Kentucky native. It is good having friends from Kentucky.		52
62	57	Rowan’s Creek		Rowan's Creek	15	This is a great mixer for high end Manhattan’s – it really adds a nice spice and complexity to the drink. This bourbon is for people who like earthy spice in their drink.		53
63	75	Sam Houston		Sam Houston	24	American straight whiskey made with Kentucky Bourbon and aged in charred white oak barrels; per the distillery’s website. Sam Houston, born a Virginian, was known for bringing Texas into the United States – he is obviously the namesake of Houston.		54
64	17	Sazerac		Hancock's President's Reserve	8	A single barrel bourbon whiskey out of Frankfort, Kentucky and this label is owned by Buffalo Trace Distillery, which is a Sazerac company, of course.		31
64	17	Sazerac		Sazerac Rye	8	Rye Whiskey dates back to the 1800’s and it was the Sazerac Coffee House on Royal Street (New Orleans) where a drink of Rye Whiskey and Peychaud’s Bitters was first called the “Sazerac”.		55
66	19	Smooth Ambler		Smooth Ambler 10 year	9	at least 10 years old, Batch 47 and Bottled by Sarah on March 2, 2016		75
66	19	Smooth Ambler		Smooth Ambler Old Scout 6 year	9	6 yrs. old 49.5% (101 proof) Batch 8; Bottle Date June 19, 2012; Bottled by JH; West Virginia. This was a brave choice considering the 101 proof of this whiskey. A proper bourbon guide review would best have been done with a splash of water. Brave… that is how we can describe our drinking!		56
66	19	Smooth Ambler		Smooth Ambler Old Scout No Age	9	MGP as its distilled in Indiana; Batch No 40 Bottled by Sarah		76
98	98	Southfork Distilling Co.,	sourced from an undisclosed Kentucky producer but is bottled by Southfork	J.R. Ewing	37	4-year-old beverage. This is a Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey presented in a very cool bottle.		35
97	97	Stetson	sourced from an undisclosed Kentucky distiller	John B. Stetson	37	Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey aged a minimum of four years in charred oak casks. John who lived between 1830-1906 and was a well-known US hatter. Now the company makes bourbon too…a four year old bourbon		38
69	21	Van Winkle		Old Rip Van Winkle (2019)	8	Van Winkle bottle this close to barrel proof but they do add a little Kentucky limestone well-water in the hope to make it smooth.		47
69	21	Van Winkle		Van Winkle 12 yr.	8	12 year old Van Winkle's special reserve is a Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey and this one was from Lot “B”. Van Winkle is a well-known name among the bourbon community which makes their product hard to get. All of their Bourbons are “wheated” or made from corn, wheat and barley which according to them gives a smooth taste and we agree. They now produce their bourbon at the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, KY.		57
70	76	Very Old Barton		Very Old Barton 86 Proof	26	A Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey aged 4 or 6 years and is bottled in varying strengths		58
72	22	W.L. Weller		Old Weller Antique 107	8	A wheated bourbon named after William Larue Weller who soe credit being among the first to use wheat instead of rye in straight bourbon. This was originally created by the Stitzel-Weller Distilling Company.		48
72	22	W.L. Weller		W. L. Weller Special Reserve	8	The Orginal Wheated Bourbon		59
73	23	Walker's		Walker's Deluxe Bourbon (1976 - 8 year)	10	One of the top products of Hiram Walker & Sons distillery and debuted in the 1960		60
89	89	Wild Turkey		Wild Turkey Tradition 14yr	29	Only 30,000 bottles were ever produced of this limited edition bourbon, with 14,000 allocated to the US market. Aged in new heavily charred American oak barrels placed in the "center cut" of the distillery's oldest warehouse, it was bottled at 101 proof.		66
74	24	Willett Family Estate		Willett Family Estate Single Barrel (14 year; Barrel 2372)	15			61
74	24	Willett Family Estate		Willett Family Estate Single Barrel (14 year; Barrel 3261; 142/153)	15	An un-chill?ltered, barrel proof, straight Bourbon whose label exists only for their Private Barrel Selection program, and is one of a kind.		62
75	53	Willett Pot Still Reserve		Willett Pot Still Reserve	15	The first thing to know about this bourbon is that Jason purchased it mostly based on the wicked cool bottle. The bottle alone makes this a must own bourbon for your collection. We think the increased price can easily be justified to your wives or friends as “but I’m going to use the bottle over and over!” Call us shallow or simple, if you will, we scored an incredible bourbon and justified it to ourselves at the very least. The bottle tested in this tasting was 124/272 in batch #9628 .		63
76	50	Woodford Reserve		Woodford Reserve (Batch 498 Bottle 05579)	13	A well known bourbon from bars to weddings; not to mention many people keep this as their own top shelf house bourbon. We raise our glasses to all our fellow drinkers, but suggest you branch out to more exotic bourbons in the future.		64
76	50	Woodford Reserve		Woodford Reserve Sonoma-Cutrer Finish	13	Bottle #23,630 of 36,334 total. According to their literature this is a Master's Collection "finished" in French Oak Pinot Noir barrels from California's Sonoma Cutrer Winery. The barrels were used to hold 3 nitages of Burgundian-style Pinot Noir. So we should all find hints of cherry, raspbery and blackberry.		65

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