Tag Archives: American Whiskey
Palm Ridge Reserve, 45%
Florida Farm Distillers is a small distillery in Umatilla, Florida. They’ve been distilling their own whiskey for a couple of years now. They’re not overly forthcoming with information and only talk about ‘making’ the whiskey on their site, not about distilling … Continue reading
American Whiskey, Bourbon & Rye: A Guide to the Nation’s Favorite Spirit – Clay Risen
It’s been a while since I did a book review. I’ve been reading a lot less compared to last year. That is partially so since I generally am too tired to stay awake and read, so I watch TV instead. … Continue reading
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Tagged American Whiskey, Book, Book review, Bourbon, Clay Risen, Rye
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The annual Bottom’s Up tasting at De Whiskykoning
This year I was invited again to join the Bottoms Up tasting in Den Bosch. Yesterday was the date and after a nicely long train journey I walked through my old home town to get to the shop just in time. … Continue reading
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Tagged Akashi, American Whiskey, Ancient Old Kentucky, Ardbeg, Ardbog, Authentic Collection, Blackadder, Bourbon, Cadenhead, Cadenhead's, Caol Ila, Clynelish, Craigellachie, Feis Ile, Glenburgie, Glenfarclas, Glenlossie, Gordon & MacPhail, Highlands, Islands, Japan, Japanese Whisky, Linlithgow, Lowlands, Millennium Bottling, Mortlach, Raw Cask, Speyside, St. Magdalene, USA, White Oak
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Bourbon Whiskey, our native spirit – Bernie Lubbers
Another book on American whiskey from the pile. I don’t remember where I picked this up and I can’t find it on my main book supplier (play.com) so it might have come from anywhere. Anyway, this book is, like The … Continue reading
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Tagged American Whiskey, Bernie Lubbers, Book review, Bourbon, Kentucky, Native spirit
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The Kings County Distillery Guide to Urban Moonshining
This book has the subtitle ‘How to make and drink whiskey’. This inspired me to immediately order this wee booklet since I had the feeling this wasn’t about to explain to process of Jack Daniel’s or Jim Beam in great … Continue reading
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Tagged American Whiskey, Book review, Kings County Distillery, Moonshine, Moonshining, New York
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Smooth Ambler Old Scout 7 Year Old Rye Whiskey, 49.5%
The other Smooth Ambler whiskey from the bottle-share and the last post in the series for a bit. It’s an ‘Old Scout’ which means they sourced the whiskey elsewhere. In this case it’s a rye whiskey with 95% rye, and … Continue reading
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Tagged American Whiskey, Old Scout, Rye, Smooth Ambler, West Virginia
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FEW Bourbon, Cask Strength, 61.5%
FEW Spirits is a relatively new distillery based in Evanston, Illinois, on the outskirts of Chicago. They are producing a rather sizeable range of popular spirits, from bourbon and rye whiskey to aged and non-aged gins and also a grappa. … Continue reading
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Tagged American Whiskey, Bottle Share, Bourbon, Evanston, FEW, Illinois
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Malt Fascination 