Master Blender’s Selection No.1 is one of the most interesting new spirits released in summer 2016. It’s a slightly sweet, slightly over-proof, single-batch blend of 80 to 100 eau de vie, aged up to 16 years in two- to four-year-old Limousin oak. Interestingly Hennessy is targeting bourbon drinkers, right down to the square bottle which […]
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Matthew McConaughey’s first ad for Wild Turkey
Wild Turkey bourbon has released its first advertisement, directed by and featuring the brand’s new Creative Director, Academy Award-winning actor Matthew McConaughey. The ad is also the first instalment of Wild Turkey’s global “It’ll Find You” campaign, which aims to reintroduce existing and new bourbon drinkers to the brand. The ad, narrated by McConaughey to music from […]
Jim Beam Bacon Bourbon – Is it just a myth?
Today, there’s a new bourbon in town. And it’s got bacon in it. Yes that’s right. BACON!! Beam Global announces their new Jim Beam Bacon Bourbon, with world wide availability starting today. Years in development, the distillers at Jim Beam took no shortcuts in their process of using Manuka-cured bacon and infusing it with the […]
Matthew McConaughey is the new creative director of Wild Turkey!
Oscar winning actor Matthew McConaughey has signed on as the new creative director of Wild Turkey, in a “multi-year partnership”. A massive Wild Turkey fan, McConaughey will be the brand’s new pitch man that will see him star in and direct a series of television and digital adverts, to help “re-introduce” the world to Wild […]
New Upshot Australian Bourbon Style Whiskey Released
The boys over at Whipper Snapper distillery in Perth’s inner city suburb of East Perth have been patiently waiting waiting for over 2 years for their new whiskey to be released. In what started life as white lightening or (more affectionally) moonshine, this new so called Upshot Australian Whiskey is hand crafted from 100% West […]
Pappy Van Winkle 15 Tasting Notes by Darrell Martin
Pappy Van Winkle 15 Year was one of my chase bourbons or Unicorns as they are called. Every fall all the members of the Van Winkle family are released. From the hefty 10 Year Old Rip Van Winkle to the aged 23 Year Old Pappy Van Winkle, they are all sought after. I recently had […]
William Larue Weller Bourbon Tasting Notes
This is one of those chase bourbons that most people will never get a chance to try at non-secondary market prices. I wondered if this bourbon would stand up to the hype. It stood up and then some. From the first sniff to the finish, this was a really good bourbon. Nose With the first […]
Review of George T Stagg by Darrell Martin
Last week I sat down and reviewed the 2014 Sazerac Rye 18 Year and so I felt it was appropriate to turn to another item in the 2014 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection offerings, the George T. Stagg. The 2014 Stagg was composed of barrels aged no less than 16 years and bottle uncut and un-chill filtered […]