Posted on December 10, 2022
by Brian Haara
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Need a gift? I do enough guided tastings to know that sometimes you need a nudge—a reminder of an aroma memory—to help articulate what you’re experiencing during a bourbon tasting. I just helped a friend with a Bottled-in-Bond tasting of Heaven Hill 6-year (the… Continue Reading “Sipp’n Corn Review – Nose Your Bourbon Part II; A New Mini Sample Kit”
Category: Announcements, Review, UncategorizedTags: Aroma, bourbon, Bourbon Nosing Kit, Bourbon Tasting, Gift, Gift Guide, gift ideas, Guided Tasting, Nose, Nose Your Bourbon, Train Your Nose
Posted on December 6, 2022
by Brian Haara
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I’ve always encouraged blind tastings. Most often it’s fun when you’re trying new bourbons, but it’s also a fantastic way to get real with a brand that you think is your favorite and to mix in a brand that you claim to not like… Continue Reading “Sipp’n Corn Review – Blind Barrel Tasting Kit”
Posted on May 27, 2022
by Brian Haara
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In Bourbon Whiskey: Useful Alternative Investment or just the next Beanie Baby? (2020), authors Carson Hartig, Conor Lennon, and Keith Teltser studied nearly a decade of bourbon secondary market sales data and considered whether bourbon ought to be considered a “collectible,” like fine art,… Continue Reading “Sipp’n Corn Review – Beanie Babies or Bourbon?”
Posted on May 24, 2022
by Brian Haara
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With 1.9 million barrels of American Whiskey aging in six rickhouse sites, you have to figure that Heaven Hill had room for some more limited editions, and sure enough, Heaven Hill recently announced a new annual release called the “Heaven Hill Heritage Collection.” The… Continue Reading “Sipp’n Corn Bourbon Review – Battle of Heaven Hill 17-year Bourbon: Heaven Hill Heritage Collection and Old Fitzgerald Bottled in Bond.”
Category: Announcements, Bourbon Reviews, Review, UncategorizedTags: Bardstown, Barrel Proof, Barrel Strength, Bottled in Bond, Bourbon Trail, Elijah Craig, Heaven Hill, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Oak, Old Fitzgerald, Wheated
Posted on January 17, 2022
by Brian Haara
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I was a big fan of the Pursuit United Bourbon blend, which redefined the bad connotations of the word “blended.” Now Kenny and Ryan at Pursuit Spirits have released their first Rye Whiskey, sourcing barrels from arguably the best historic state for Rye—Maryland—and Kentucky,… Continue Reading “Sipp’n Corn Tasting Notes – Pursuit United Blended Straight Rye Whiskeys”
Category: Announcements, Review, Rye ReviewsTags: Bardstown Bourbon Company, Blended Whiskey, Bourbon Pursuit, Kentucky, Kentucky Rye, Maryland Rye, Pursuit United, Sagamore, Straight Rye