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?
Another Orphan Barrel nobody asked for, the worst label in bourbon this year and Wild Turkey brings back an age statement
2023 had all the makings for a great year of releases, so which ones didn’t measure up?
The last release of a one-of-a-kind experiment
Diageo sells us the same gimmick in a different bottle.
Orphan Barrel wanted to create something unique with leftover 17 year old Bernheim barrels, but does this blend work?
Essentially a bottle of 22 year old Blanton’s. But does that mean it’s all hype?
Barterhouse uses mystery and mystique to sell the story of how barrels were stashed away for 20 years without anyone noticing.
And this is why we have the term “oak juice”.