Category: Reviews

1792 Full Proof – Cranbrook Store Pick

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1792 Full Proof – Cranbrook Store Pick. Once again Cranbrook has elevated this already special bourbon to a more fruity level. Bourbon drinkers have long acknowledged that full or barrel proofs bring a distinguished and rich flavor. This bourbon underwent a distinct filtering process,forgoing the typical chill filtration and passing only through a plate and frame filter. This allowed the bourbon to maintain a robust proof for bottling, as well as a full, rich and bold flavor. Bottled at its original 125 barrel entry proof, just as it was years…

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Elijah Craig – Cranbrook Store Pick

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Elijah Craig Small Batch – Cranbrook Liquors Barrel Pick. Store Picks can be tricky. Cranbrook seems to have a lean towards cherries, which I like. According to Heaven Hill the Elijah Craig Small Batch bourbon is made from batches of 200 barrels, or less, and is named after the supposed creator of bourbon as we know it. The tale, in a nutshell, is that Reverend Elijah Craig was a moonshiner and one day there was a fire. Some of his barrels got charred in that fire, but were still able…

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Maker’s Mark Woodfinishing Series 2020

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This is the second-annual limited release from the Maker’s Mark® Wood Finishing Series is an utterly unique bourbon that’s also a worthy tribute to the one-of-a-kind vanilla and caramel taste notes that make our signature Maker’s Mark® so distinctive. The result of two stave profiles (SE4xPR5) utilized together, this exclusive expression will appear on shelves for a limited time only.

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Parker’s Heritage 14th

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Heaven Hill Distillery is proud to announce the 2020 limited edition release of Parker’s Heritage Collection 10 Year Old Heavy Char Bourbon. Parker’s Heritage Collection is a hallmark lineup of Heaven Hill Distillery’s exploration in premium innovation. The 14th edition continues the interaction of barrel char across varying mashbills. The Bourbon is aged in “Level 5” heavy char barrels, as opposed to our customary Level 3, and the resulting flavors carry intensified notes of our traditional Bourbon. Consisting of 102 barrels aged on the sixth floor of rickhouse Y for…

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Larceny Barrel Proof – A120

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Heaven Hill has expanded their Larceny brand with the introduction of the barrel proof version. As noted on the label, this is batch “A” being released in January (1) 2020 (20). Other batches and releases are announced. The key on the bottle and the name reference to the John Fitzgerald story who was believed to be a treasury agent that stole bourbon out of barrels he liked for his personal use. When it became time to dump the barrels for bottling, some seemed to be lighter than others. They were…

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J.T.S. Brown

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Bottled in Bond. This brand was named after John Thompson Street Brown Jr., who opened a wholesale liquor business that later became the Brown-Forman corporation. In 1855 the brand was originally produced by J.T.S. Brown and Sons. In 1996 Heaven Hill had a fire that destroyed their distilling plant. After the fire, the Bown-Forman corporation and some others, temporarily made available space for Heaven Hill to keep producing products while being rebuilt. Heaven Hill later opened a distillery called the Bernheim distillery in Louisville (very close to Brown-Forman’s distillery), where distilling has…

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Parker’s Heritage Collection, 13th Edition

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Each year as part of the Parker’s Heritage Collection, Heaven Hill selects a special whiskey to be released in the name of the late Master Distiller Parker Beam. The barrels selected for this series include Bourbon, rye and wheat whiskeys, among others, and are some of the finest and most diverse American Whiskeys ever produced. They are a fitting tribute to the expertise of Parker Beam. As the first ever Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey of the Parker’s Heritage Collection, the 13th edition consists of 75 specialty barrels that were charred…

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