Review: Old Forester 1910

Old Forester 1910 is the fourth and final expression of four in the Old Forester Whiskey Row Series. According to the bottle, in 1910,  Owsley Brown crafted his own personal stock of Old Forester, Old Fine Whiskey, at 117 West Main Street on Louisville Whiskey Row. This bottle is barrel finished just like that exact process. […]

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Trader Joe’s Kentucky Bourbon

We have one Trader Joe’s in town, and it doesn’t sell alcohol, yet!  You better believe come October I will be going and buying a whole case of that Two Buck Chuck Cab.  Anyway, so, I can’t remember which trip I got this on… but, I’ve had it sitting around for waaaaaaay too long, and […]

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Doom’s American Whiskey

If you would have told me when we started Barrels and Mash two-and-a-half years ago that I would one day be scrolling through a porn star’s Twitter feed while doing research for a whiskey blog post, I would have thought you were joking. Yet here I am sitting in Kate and I’s whiskey den on the morning […]

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Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2017

“Each year on September 2nd – in honor of our founder George Garvin Brown’s birthday – Old Forester releases a limited-edition, 12-year old vintage-dated expression. Old Forester Birthday Bourbon has become a must-have for bourbon enthusiasts who want to experience the ultimate in rare handcrafted bourbon. Since its introduction in 2002, Old Forester Birthday Bourbon […]

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Colonel E.H. Taylor Four Grain

Here we go with Colonel E.H. Taylor’s Four Grain.  They have been releasing these specialty Bourbons every year for about 5 years now, and they haven’t disappointed me yet.  Let’s look into a bit of backstory before we get going on this review. “This special edition Four Grain bourbon is crafted just as Taylor would […]

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1792 225th Anniversary

Hello everybody!!!! I’m a huge 1792 fan, and I have overall really enjoyed these special editions they have been putting out. They did Sweet Wheat, Port Finish, Single Barrel, Full Proof, High Rye and now exclusive to Kentucky, the 225th Anniversary.  The only one we haven’t reviewed was the Sweet Wheat. Let’s see how this one […]

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