bourbon review

Blade and Bow 22-Year-Old Bourbon Review

Blade and Bow 22-Year-Old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey_Bottle shot

Blade and Bow is the newest bourbon brand from spirits giant Diageo.  In addition to a standard offering, a 22-year-old limited release of Blade and Bow hit the market.  It is a blend of whiskies from the George Stagg Distillery(now Buffalo Trace) and Bernheim Distillery, all aged at Diageo-owned Stitzel-Weller near Louisville.  This one-time release comes in the same shaped bottle as the standard offering and is bottled at 46% abv for an SRP of $150.

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Blood Oath Bourbon Review (Pact No. 1)

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Blood Oath bourbon (Pact No. 1) comes to us from Luxco, the St. Louis-based spirits company.  They are best known for Rebel Yell and Ezra Brooks.  Blood Oath is their first entry into the super premium bourbon category.  The ‘oath’ mentioned in the name is a promise that each release will be unique.  This particular release, Pact No. 1, is a blend of three sourced bourbons: a 6-year-old wheated bourbon, a 7-year-old rye-based bourbon and a 12-year-old rye-based bourbon.  It’s bottled at 98.6 proof – the temperature of the human body.  A nice little way to tie it back to the brand and marketing.  My review sample came to me in a nice wooden box containing the bottle of bourbon, a glen cairn glass, and an information booklet.  Beautiful presentation, but more importantly, how is the liquid inside the bottle?

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Jim Beam Signature Craft 12 Year Old Bourbon Review

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Jim Beam Signature Craft is a newish premium line of bourbon under the Jim Beam name.  Sure, Booker’s, Baker’s, Knob Creek and Basil Hayden are produced by Beam, but they are separate brands.  The JB Signature Craft launched in 2013 with a 12 year old bourbon and a bourbon infused with Spanish brandy.  This article looks at the 12 year old version.  Bottled at 86 proof, Jim Beam Signature Craft seems to be created to be a sipping whiskey.

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