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Review: Very Old Barton, Bottled-in-Bond
Maker: Tom Moore Distillery, Bardstown, Kentucky (Sazerac) Age: 6 y/o Proof: 100 (50% ABV) Color: surprisingly dark given the stated age. Caramel. Nose: Oak, alcohol, caramel corn, brown sugar. With...
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Review: Rittenhouse Rye Bottled-in-Bond
Maker: Heaven Hill (distilled at Early Times Distillery, Shively, Kentucky) Age: NAS (by law BiBs must be at least 4 y/o) Proof: 100 (50% ABV) Color: dark copper Nose: Creamy caramel with a hint of dry...
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Col. E.H. Taylor Old Fashioned Sour Mash, Bottled in Bond (1st edition)
Maker: Buffalo Trace, Frankfort, Kentucky, USA (Sazerac) Age: 9 y/o Style: High Corn Bourbon Proof: 100 (50% ABV) Appearance: Copper with thick lumbering legs Nose: Slightly yeasty, but not unpleasant....
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Wild Turkey American Spirit
Maker: Wild Turkey, Lawrenceburg, Kentucky, USA (Campari) Age: 15 y/o Proof: 100 (50% ABV) Notes: Bottled-in-Bond Appearance: Auburn with thick, viscous legs. Nose: Alcohol, peanut butter, leather,...
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Old Grand-Dad, Bottled-in-Bond
Maker: Jim Beam, Clermont, Kentucky, USA Style: High rye bourbon Age: NAS (at least 4 years old) Proof: 100 (50% ABV) Appearance: Copper with long sticky legs. Nose: Caramel, butterscotch blondies...
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Col. E.H. Taylor, Warehouse C, Tornado Surviving
Maker: Buffalo Trace, Frankfort, Kentucky, USA (Sazerac) Age: NAS Proof: 100 (Bottled in Bond, 50% ABV) Appearance: Dark copper Nose: Caramel, tarragon, almond extract, oak, alcohol On the palate:...
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Head to Head, White on White: Evan Williams Bottled-in-Bond vs Heaven Hill...
1) Evan Williams, Bottled-in-Bond (white label) 2) Heaven Hill, Bottled-in-Bond, 6 years old (white label) Maker: Heaven Hill, Bardstown/Louisville, Kentucky, USA Age 1) NAS (4 y/o minimum) 2) 6 y/o...
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Head to Head: A Tale of Three Old Fitz’s
As a part of our winter series on bonded spirits, in this episode we will be comparing three bottles of the same bourbon, Old Fitzgerald, Bottled-in-Bond. Two are from the same distillery (presumably)....
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Col. E.H. Taylor Rye
Maker: Buffalo Trace, Frankfort, Kentucky, USA Style: High Rye Rye (Bottled-in-Bond) Age: NAS Proof: 100 (50% ABV) Appearance: Burnt orange. Nose: Caramel, alcohol, potpourri, pine. On the palate:...
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Very Old Barton, Bottled-in-Bond
Maker: Barton-1792, Bardstown, Kentucky, USA (Sazerac) Age: 6 y/o Proof: 100 (50% ABV) Appearance: bright copper with long, thick legs. Nose: Alcohol, jalapeno, charred corn on the cob, caramel, a hint...
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Old Forester 1897
Maker: Brown-Forman, Louisville, Kentucky, USA Age: NAS (at least 4 y/o) Proof: 100 (50% ABV) Michigan state minimum: $50 Appearance: Dark copper Nose: Dates, alcohol, dried figs, leather. Palate:...
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Jim Beam Bonded
Maker: Jim Beam, Clermont/Boston, Kentucky, USA (Beam Suntory) Age: 4 y/o (minimum) Style: Bottled in bond bourbon (single season, single distiller, 100 proof, at least 4 years old) Proof: 100 (50%...
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Old Overhold Bottled-in-Bond
Maker: Jim Beam, Claremont/Boston, Kentucky, USA (Beam Suntory) Style: Kenctucky-style bonded straight rye Age: At least 4 y/o Proof: 100 (50% ABV) Michigan state minimum: $25 Appearance: Dark copper....
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Tom’s Foolery Bonded Bourbon
Maker: Tom’s Foolery, Chagrin Falls, Ohio, USA Age: NAS (at least 4 y/o) Distilled 2012, barrel 99 Proof: 100 (50% ABV) Purchased for $42 (forgotten Toledo liquor store) Appearance: Light copper. Nose:...
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Wilderness Trail Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Bottled in Bond
Maker: Wilderness Trail, Danville, Kentucky, USA Style: Single barrel, sweet mash, wheated, bonded bourbon Age: NAS (at least 4 y/o) Proof: 100 (50% ABV) Barrel #15A23, Bottle 147/269 Price: $50...
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Old Tub
Maker: Jim Beam, Claremont/Boston, Kentucky, USA (Beam Suntory) Style: Standard recipe, bonded bourbon. Age: NAS (at least 4 y/o) Proof: 100 (50% ABV) Michigan State Minimum: Not listed but available...
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1792 Bottled in Bond
Maker: Barton 1792, Bardstown, Kentucky, USA (Sazerac) Style: High malt (?) bonded bourbon. Age: At least four years old (all from one distilling season). Proof: 100 (50% ABV) Michigan state minimum:...
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Eastern Kille Bottled In Bond
Maker: Eastern Kille, Grand Rapids, Michigan, USA Style: standard recipe, pot distilled straight bourbon. Age: Not disclosed but at least 4 y/o by law. Proof: 100 (50% ABV) Purchased for $48 (Holiday...
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New Riff Bottled-in-Bond
Maker: New Riff, Newport, Kentucky, USA (Ken Lewis, founder of The Party Source) Style: Bonded, high rye bourbon. Distilled in the spring of 2018. Age: 4 y/o Proof: 100 (50% ABV) Michigan state...
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Heaven Hill Bottled-in-Bond
Maker: Heaven Hill, Louisville, Kentucky, USA. Style: Rye recipe, straight bourbon whiskey, bottled-in-bond. Age: 7 y/o Proof: 100 (50% ABV). Michigan state minimum: $50. Appearance: Medium copper....
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