Are Cigar Blends Finally Hitting Their Stride? A Look Inside Barrell Bourbon’s Latest Cigar Blend

The first cigar blend from Barrell Bourbon has officially landed, and I'm surely not the first person to wonder why it took them so long. Cigar blends soared onto the whiskey scene a few years ago but seem to have fallen off recently, suggesting their time in the limelight has passed. It seems I may be wrong in this thinking. The buzz around this release is real. Heck, I'm excited about it, and guess what? I don't even smoke cigars. You don't have to be a cigar enthusiast to enjoy a cigar...

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Barrell Bourbon Batch 038: A Red, White, and Bold Blend of Modern American Bourbon for This Fourth of July

Barrell Bourbon Batch 038 arrives at a fitting moment in American whiskey. As the nation marks its 250th year, Barrell celebrates the occasion by honoring bourbon's legacy and embracing the evolution of American whiskey. Today's bourbon certainly extends well beyond its point of distillation, with thoughtful blending emerging as a respected and defining expression of American whiskey. Batch 038 captures the spirit of modern bourbon, distilled across four states, masterfully blended by the...

Cedar Ridge QuintEssential Peat & Sherri 2nd Anniversary: The American Single Malt You Didn't Know You Needed

These QuintEssential American Single Malt special releases from Cedar Ridge Distillery are exactly that: special. With a distinct spotlight on Cedar Ridge’s winemaking foundation alongside Iowa distilled malt and a noteworthy age on these blends for the ASM category, Quint and the team at Cedar Ridge have truly tapped into something special here. Following the award for Best American Single Malt at the World Whiskey Awards for the 1st anniversary of Pete & Sherri, the 2nd anniversary release...

Old Charter Oak "Finest Oak" Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Review

“Fishing is a delusion entirely surrounded by liars in old clothes.” –Don Marquis This is a bottle I have been hunting for some time. I'm not sure if we've historically had distribution for Old Charter Oak available in Massachusetts, but when a bottle was sitting in the glass cabinet at one of my local stores for a hair above MSRP, I pulled the trigger without a second thought. For some reason it took me a few weeks to open this one after waiting years to finally taste it. Friends coming over...

Are Cigar Blends Finally Hitting Their Stride? A Look Inside Barrell Bourbon’s Latest Cigar Blend

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Barrell Bourbon Batch 038: A Red, White, and Bold Blend of Modern American Bourbon for This Fourth of July

Cedar Ridge QuintEssential Peat & Sherri 2nd Anniversary: The American Single Malt You Didn't Know You Needed

Old Charter Oak "Finest Oak" Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey Review