🥃 Maker’s Mark Wood Finishing Series: The Stewards Release (2026) brings cask‑strength cherry pie, honey, toasted marshmallow, and bold American oak tannins together in the most structured release of Chapter Two — honoring the teams that guide every barrel from grain to glass.

🥃 13th Colony Southern Bourbon brings 95‑proof cherry cola sweetness, caramel, vanilla, toasted oak, and pecan warmth. Award‑winning, approachable, and built to be enjoyed any day of the week.

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🥃 Frank August Small Batch Rye delivers caramel, brown sugar, baking spice, and refined rye heat at 100 proof. Balanced, modern, and built to sip or mix.

🥃 Knob Creek 21 Year brings two decades of rickhouse depth: cherry, caramel, tobacco, musty oak, and roasted peanut richness at 100 proof. Beam’s most balanced hyper‑aged bourbon yet.

🥃 Redwood Empire Pipe Dream 101 is a four‑grain, 101‑proof bourbon blending 5–15 year barrels for caramel‑apple sweetness, honey, lemon‑bar brightness, and chai‑spice warmth. A richer, bolder take on the flagship expression.

For whiskey enthusiasts, the Bottled-in-Bond Act wasn’t just another law — it was a promise. It guaranteed that the whiskey in their glass was authentic, unaltered, and honestly made. At a time when adulteration was common, this law brought unprecedented transparency. For the first time, drinkers knew exactly who made their whiskey and how it was produced.

Bottled-In-Bond Blind - We put 5 bonded bourbons head‑to‑head at the same proof to see what really separates them.

E.H. Taylor Small Batch • Early Times BiB • Old Forester 1897 • Old Grand-Dad 7yr BiB • Southern Star Paragon BiB

Same rules. Same proof. Totally different personalities.Who wins? Who shocks us? Who’s the value king?#BottledInBond #BlindTasting #BourbonPodcast

🥃 Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel Rye

This week, we’re pouring a rich, warm, dessert‑leaning expression from Heaven Hill — Elijah Craig Toasted Rye, a toasted‑barrel twist on their classic straight rye. Using their standard rye base and finishing it in specially toasted barrels, this bottle delivers deeper sweetness, richer oak influence, and a rounded, elevated spice profile. Bottled at a balanced proof, this whiskey sits right between dessert‑leaning softness and classic rye character.