By Richard Thomas Rating: A- I put Michter’s 10 year Old Single Barrel Rye in the same class as expressions like W.L. Weller 12 Year Old, the famed “Baby Pappy,” in terms of being an annualized limited edition of a certain high, consistent quality, scarce availability and general price point. The market value for W.L. …
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By Richard Thomas Rating: A A quarter century ago, Wild Turkey introduced the Russell’s Reserve brand, celebrating their already famed Master Distiller, Jimmy Russell. At the time, Russell had just celebrated his 45th anniversary working at the Lawrenceburg, Kentucky distillery. The original version was a 10 year old, 101 proof take on Wild Turkey’s bourbon …
If there’s one bourbon distillery that earns the designation, “jack of all trades,” it’s almost certainly Jim Beam. About the only thing missing from the distillery’s otherwise expansive portfolio is a core wheated product. Yet for all of the strong and consistent releases that Jim Beam puts out, it’s rare to find one that could […]
