Archive for the 'Bourbon' Category

Corner Creek

Saturday, June 19th, 2010

If any bourbon can be defined by a metaphor its label creates, then Corner Creek taste like nature’s fountain filters called the small creeks of Kentucky. And like a creek, Corner Creek is smooth enough to sip but raw enough to taste. It’s light sweet smell and golden flavor is like sipping from a cherry […]

Eagle Rare

Saturday, April 10th, 2010

Eagle Rare by Buffalo Trace Distillery lands on my taste buds like the rare single barrel bliss it can be. A balanced flight of sweet, corn and oak that lands in the mouth smooth with a swoop of fumes that spread over the tongue. The Eagle Rare glides through the body like carried by a […]

Fighting Cock

Sunday, February 14th, 2010

Fighting Cock puts up a good battle, but feels weak when fighting American Ryes, and tastes sour when fighting with other bourbons. The sour mash sweetness tames the weak rye swipe that doesn’t cut an impression nor take a strong cock out of the fight. The above average alcohol proof proves alcohol proof doesn’t always […]

Bourbon and Lemonade

Sunday, May 31st, 2009

Bourbon and Lemonade is the best aid. It cures all that ails the body and mind. One drink and the darkest of days will be bright. The lemon sugar counters the alcohol depression after the whiskey rush creating a brighter dim after the bourbon and lemonade does flow. The sour and slightly sweat lemon flow […]

George T. Stagg

Thursday, January 1st, 2009

If you’re falling off the sobriety wagon then get yourself a bottle of George T. Stagg whiskey because the 141 Proof alcohol content will make any fall from any wagon or wild stag painless. After a few drinks one can begin to believe they themselves are stags.
And a couple or trio or band of drinks […]

Bulleit Bourbon Tastes Like Cotton Candy

Monday, June 16th, 2008

Bulleit Bourbon tastes like cotton candy. The peak creast of the taste wave flows over the tongue leaving a cotton candy burst to blow from mouth.