Cooper’s Cask Coffee – Whiskey Barrel Aged Coffee Review

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We love our whiskey and we love our coffee, but what about whiskey barrel-aged coffee?  John Speights and the team from Cooper’s Cask Coffee are banking that you’ll go for it.  Aging things in ex-whiskey barrels seem to be all the rage these days.  Hell, I even own a pair of whiskey barrel-aged jeans.  On the ingestible end of the spectrum, there’s a never-ending list of food products aged in ex-whiskey barrels.  Some good, some not so good, but all an interesting experiment nonetheless. (more…)

Forged Oak Bourbon Whiskey Review

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Forged Oak is the latest release from Diageo’s Orphan Barrel series.  The youngest bourbon of the group, Forged Oak is 15 years old and 90.5 proof.  Forged Oak is also the cheapest in the series.  A bottle should run you about $65.  It was distilled at the new Bernheim distillery in Louisville between 1997-1998 and aged at the Stitzel-Weller warehouses.  It’s mash bill is 86% corn, 8% barley and 6% rye.  Looks like a really low percentage of rye.  How does it fare in a glass? (more…)

Col. E. H. Taylor, Jr. Cured Oak Bourbon Whiskey Review
Photo courtesy of Buffalo Trace Distillery

Photo courtesy of Buffalo Trace Distillery

Buffalo Trace’s newest release, at the time of the writing of this post, is 17 year old Colonel E. H. Taylor, Jr Cured Oak bourbon whiskey.  Like the rest of the line, this is a bottled-in-bond, 100 proof whiskey.  What makes it different is an extended barrel stave seasoning. (more…)