Josh Peters

LATEST ARTICLES ( 1714 )

• Bardstown Bourbon Company Discovery Series Review

  

  While they’re waiting for their own stuff to fully age, this distillery is sourcing and, shocker, disclosing it! The Bardstown Bourbon Company Discovery Series... Read more

  Posted on 30 May 2019 DRINK

• Bardstown Bourbon Company Phifer Pavitt Reserve Review

  

  If you took a distinct Tennessee Bourbon (George Dickel), aged it for 9 years and then finish it in Phifer Pavitt Cab Sauv barrels for 19 months you’d have this... Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2019 DRINK

• Bardstown Bourbon Company Fusion Series Review

  

  When new distilleries are getting up and running they have a couple of avenues available to get money in the door while their stock is aging. Read more

  Posted on 28 May 2019 DRINK

• SMWS 29.247 “All Hands On Deck” Review

  

  SMWS 29.247 “All Hands On Deck” was an exclusive release for the Feis Ile festival on Islay in Scotland and for a good reason. 19-year-old Laphroaig isn’t... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2019 DRINK

• SMWS 53.257 “Restorative, Relaxing and Refreshing” Review

  

  Anytime I see a 53 on an SMWS bottle I get excited because I love Caol Ila. It’s one of those distilleries that, despite being a huge production facility,... Read more

  Posted on 24 May 2019 DRINK

• SMWS 96.22 “Rocky Road Spice Freakout” Review

  

  I was tempted to put this SMWS 96.22 “Rocky Road Spice Freakout” in the week where I did several GlenDronach releases (the SMWS Codes list says it’s GlenDronach... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2019 DRINK

• SMWS 76.138 “Sweet Memories Of Autumn” Review

  

  The trusty SMWS Codes list tells us this SMWS 76.138 “Sweet Memories Of Autumn” hails from Mortlach. A distillery whose distillate becomes increasingly coveted... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2019 DRINK

• SMWS 10.135 “Delicious Sear and Sizzle” Review

  

  According to the SMWS bottle codes list this SMWS 10.135 “Delicious Sear and Sizzle” is a Bunnahabhain. According to the stats on the bottle, it’s a 9-year-old... Read more

  Posted on 22 May 2019 DRINK

• Laphroaig QA Cask Review

  

  Back in 2013, the Laphroaig QA Cask was released to the travel retail market in a liter sized bottle. It was the second in a three-part travel retail series tha... Read more

  Posted on 17 May 2019 DRINK

• Paul John Peated Select Cask Review

  

  Part of the high-end, cask strength, releases from this increasingly astonishing Goan distillery, Paul John Peated Select Cask is easily my favorite of their... Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2019 DRINK

• Wild Turkey Master’s Keep Cornerstone Rye Review

  

  In 1950 Wild Turkey released their first, and now iconic, 101 Rye; ever since then, rye whiskey has been a staple of the Wild Turkey lineup. Read more

  Posted on 16 May 2019 DRINK

• Ezra Brooks Bourbon Review

  

  In the world of “bottom shelf whiskey” Ezra Brooks Bourbon is one of the key players. Supposedly sourced from Heaven Hill, this bourbon gets a charcoal filterin... Read more

  Posted on 13 May 2019 DRINK

• Ancient Age Bourbon Review

  

  This is a review I’ve meant to do for years and just never got around to it… till today. Currently distilled by Buffalo Trace, Ancient Age Bourbon has a long... Read more

  Posted on 12 May 2019 DRINK

• Four Roses Small Batch Select Bourbon Review

  

  The latest addition to the Four Roses core line, the Four Roses Small Batch Select Bourbon is a blend that’s all about the number six. Read more

  Posted on 10 May 2019 DRINK

• 1792 High Rye Bourbon Review

  

  It’s hard to know exactly what Barton means by “high rye” because they don’t disclose their mash bills (lame) but one thing is for sure: the 1792 High Rye... Read more

  Posted on 09 May 2019 DRINK

• New Riff Rye Whiskey Review

  

  The mash bill for the New Riff Rye Whiskey is 95% Rye and 5% Malted Barley. If that mash sounds familiar to you… it should. Being the main rye whiskey mash... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2019 DRINK

• Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye Cask Proof Review

  

  Stepping up the proof even higher, the Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye Cask Proof delivers the whiskey in all of its unadulterated glory. This is the whiskey as i... Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2019 DRINK

• Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye Distiller’s Edition Review

  

  The difference between this Catoctin Creek Roundstone Rye Distiller’s Edition and the regular Roundstone Rye is barrel selection, age and proof. Read more

  Posted on 08 May 2019 DRINK

• BenRiach 25 Years Review

  

  BenRiach 25 Years is the oldest BenRiach I’ve had… at least to my sober recollection. BenRiach is one of those distilleries that doesn’t get a whole lot of... Read more

  Posted on 04 May 2019 DRINK

• BenRiach Septendecim Review

  

  Matured exclusively in ex-Bourbon casks, the BenRiach Septendecim is a peated Speyside whisky carrying a 17-year age statement (hence the name). Read more

  Posted on 02 May 2019 DRINK