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February 14, 2014

Koval Single Barrel Bourbon

I returned to Koval, Chicago’s first distillery since Prohibition, this time to make friends with its small batch single-barrel unfiltered bourbon. Aged in heavily charred..

February 6, 2014

Colonel E.H. Taylor, Jr. Single Barrel Bourbon

A fast-baced Bourbon review – because I realise I haven’t reviewed all that much Bourbon, and each year there seems to be even more of..

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January 15, 2014

Taste: Eagle Rare 10 Year Old

For this Taste review we’re back in America with this single barrel Eagle Rare bourbon from the much praised Buffalo Trace distillery. This is a..

January 3, 2014

Copper City Bourbon and Durum Wheat Whiskey

Here’s an Arizona fun-fact to make an Italian drop his bowl of mostaccioli: Most of Italy’s top pasta producers use a durum wheat found only..

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December 19, 2013

New Arrival: Balcones Fifth Anniversary Single Barrel Texas Straight Bourbon Whisky

It has been a while since I wrote up a new arrival in the Whisky Rover vaults and there have been a few candidates recently…

November 18, 2013

Koval Four Grain Single-Barrel Whiskey

Di Mashke, as I’m sure you know, is a Yiddish song that praises whiskey (mashke) as the patron of all good favors– from the night..

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November 4, 2013

New Arrival: William Larue Weller 2013 Bourbon

Whisky Rover is all things whisky, as it should be, and ideally this must include our American cousins with their bourbon’s and whiskies. My knowledge..

September 26, 2013

Silver Coyote Pure Malt Whiskey

What makes whiskey whiskey? In sampling a new whiskey for this post, I discovered a heated debate inspired by the recent trend in white whiskey…

August 12, 2013

Queen Jennie Sorghum Whiskey

Jello Biafra, lead singer of the punk band Dead Kennedys, had it right when he said, “For every prohibition you create, you also create an..

June 25, 2013

Reunion Rye

Among enthusiasts, it’s well known that rye whiskey makes a better Manhattan. I’ve recently discovered that it makes a better Kansas City, too. There’s a..

May 31, 2013

Prichard’s Double-Chocolate Bourbon

According to an article in Smithsonian magazine, “Aztec sacrifice victims who felt too melancholy to join in ritual dancing before their death were often given..

May 13, 2013

Corsair’s Ryemaggedon

If the man who wears a sandwich-board on the boardwalk at Venice Beach is to be believed, the end of the world is near. So,..

April 5, 2013

Buffalo Trace Experimentals: Hot Box Toasted Barrel & #7 Heavy Char

My tasting travels have led me up from Tennessee into the blue hills of Kentucky, to the Buffalo Trace Distillery, a family-owned enterprise that dates..

April 2, 2013

Corsair Triple Smoke American Malt Whiskey

My grand plans to explore America’s whiskeys by starting from my home base of California and branching out from here has been temporary derailed, happily..

February 22, 2013

Balcones True Blue

Whisky can be made from numerous crops, but blue corn is one of the more unusual ones. Balcones True Blue is made from roasted Atole,..

February 20, 2013

Slow Hand Organic Whiskey

Slowhand. All organic and with an aversion to long-term commitment, Slow Hand whiskey is a true Los Angeles spirit. A product of the GreenBar Collective,..

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February 18, 2013

Balcones Rumble

This is not a whisky, not even made from anything malted. They call it “Texas Spirit”, and, although it’s not like any spirit I’ve yet..

February 12, 2013

Balcones Single Malt

Mark and I ran across the folk from Balcones at the Whisky Show in London back before the UK winter descended upon us with its..

February 7, 2013

Balcones Fortnight: Brimstone

Artisan. Craft distilling. Call it what you want, when you make things in small batches you’re inherently creating something unique. And that’s precisely what Balcones..

January 18, 2013

Bowen’s Whiskey

This new surge in whisk(e)y popularity is a thrilling thing. But I still find that wherever I go to drink I’m considered a rare sight:..