Mike & Mike

A Weekend Well-Spent in Austin This past weekend, I headed down to Austin for the 2025 Texas Whiskey Festival—and let me tell you, it did not disappoint. Between the cask …

Brown-Forman, the owner of Jack Daniel’s, had always shunned age statements in their whiskies. For decades, their products were made with a taste profile in mind instead of touting how …

Will floods and tariffs create the perfect storm for allocated bottles this fall?

The first and only double-barreled Wild Turkey release.

12-year-old rye whiskey is always a feast for the senses.

The first of three new mash bills created at scale for Heaven Hill in a long time. How does it taste?

Garrison Brothers’ oldest and highest proof bourbon will set you back a pretty penny, but is it worth it?

The 130th Anniversary of a classic brand.

There were four different ways to buy a bottle of Larceny. Barrel Proof Single Barrels make four.

10 years ago, Woodford Reserve gave us our first taste of “Double Double Oaked” albeit only in their gift shop once per year. Now it’s finally seeing a nationwide release. Is it worth the hype (and price)?

With a rye whiskey like this, who needs Knob Creek?

A legend among rye whiskies for a reason.

1991 was a critical year for the Old Grand-Dad brand which makes many enthusiasts ask “Is this made from National Distillers or Jim Beam?”

It might seem like just another example of “a fool and his money are soon parted,” but there is something deeper going on here…

Forgoing wine finishes, Redwood Empire surprised enthusiasts in 2021 with a bevy of 14-year-old single barrels at a time when everyone thought they ran out.

A high proofed bourbon from a historic distillery shows us that good things are coming out of Green River.

In Scotch terms, this would be a bourbon finished in “3rd-fill casks”

A whiskey that’s about as close to tasting like a beer that you can get – without finishing it in a beer cask.

Rare Character revives an old label to bring another style of single barrel whiskey to market. How does it taste?

Fans of St Elmo Steak House will be excited to know that a line of whiskies from the same brand is now available to take home.

Considered a less desirable bourbon label back in 1972, does that mean it was filled with bad bourbon?

This bottle is old enough to be your Great Grand-Dad.

Can you believe that this 24-year-old release isn’t the oldest bourbon that Heaven Hill put into a Parker’s Heritage Collection bottle?

Once hailed as “the most expensive bourbon in the world,” the legend of Old Grand Dad 114 has only grown with time. Step back to 1981 with me as I taste this exceptional bottle.

The King is back with a new warehouse for 2024.

I reviewed Barterhouse a few years ago and rated it a 4.5/10. This hasn’t set right with myself or some of my readers, so I’ve decided to revisit it. Has anything changed with my opinion?

Diageo makes a big stink about Fable & Folly containing leftover barrels of Rhetoric, Barterhouse and Forged Oak in the blend, but they never label it as a true bourbon. Why is that?

Wild Turkey finally gives fans a chance to pick their own barrels of rye whiskey – but is the cost too high?

Jim Beam’s second attempt at a bourye in 2024.

The highest proof of any Elijah Craig Barrel Proof Batch yet.

Distilling wheated bourbon is hard to get right. Thankfully, Hard Truth has arrived with their newest addition that seems to hit all the right notes.

Have a bourbon drinker in your life and struggling to get them a gift? We got you covered.

The 2024 release is the ultimate combo breaker from the last five years of Small Batch Limited Edition releases. What changed?

There was no Booker’s 35th Anniversary release in 2024, but “The Reserves” proves it could have been.

A closer look at the 2024 ASCOT awards “Best Small Batch Bourbon”

No, your eyes aren’t deceiving you. Old Commonwealth 10 Year Bourbon is back! But what’s changed?

What happens when look-alike labels catch the eye of secondary market flippers?

High West used to be so transparent about what went into their prized Bourye label. What changed?

After a 2 year delay, we’re finally getting a product that could change our minds about EH Taylor’s bland “Straight Rye” label.

This Master’s Collection release has an uncanny similarity to Bomberger’s Declaration Bourbon. What is it?