Bourbon Whiskey Reviews — Expert Ratings & Tasting Notes

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Michter's US*1 Small Batch Bourbon: Louisville's Slow-Aged Cult Pour

Small-barrel entry, big-barrel reputation — Michter's flagship bourbon hits with toffee, stone fruit and oak in perfect ...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

8.2 Review

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Angel's Envy Bourbon

A Kentucky bourbon finished in Portuguese port wine casks, balancing dark fruit sweetness with toasted oak — the late Li...

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Sienna Blackwell April 10, 2026

9 Review

Bourbon

1792 Bottled-in-Bond: Bardstown's High-Rye 100-Proof Heritage

Barton's high-rye mashbill meets the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897 — one distillery, one season, 100 proof, zero compromis...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

9 Review

Bourbon

Wild Turkey 101: The Russell Family's High-Rye 50.5% Kentucky Standard

The 101-proof Kentucky benchmark Jimmy and Eddie Russell built a dynasty on — high-rye, oak-forward and unflinching.

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

9.1 Review

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EH Taylor Small Batch: Buffalo Trace's BiB Tribute to the Father of Bourbon

Buffalo Trace's tribute to the father of modern bourbon — Bottled-in-Bond, 100 proof, all class.

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

8.2 Review

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Wyoming Whiskey Small Batch: Big Horn Basin Grain-to-Glass Bourbon

Brad Mead and Steve Nally's Kirby distillery — Wyoming's first legal whiskey, grain-to-glass in the Big Horn Basin.

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Wild Turkey 81: Eddie Russell's Cocktail Bourbon — Softer Sibling to the 101 at 40.5% - Bourbon Review

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Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Wild Turkey 81: Eddie Russell's Cocktail Bourbon — Softer Sibling to the 101 at 40.5%

Launched 2011 as a softer sibling to Wild Turkey 101. Blended from 6, 7, and 8-year-old stocks aged in heavy #4 char bar...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

8.2 Review

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Maker's Mark Private Select

Maker's Mark customised by custom wood staves — a cask strength, retailer-exclusive bourbon programme that produces uniq...

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Sienna Blackwell April 10, 2026

Booker's Bourbon: Booker Noe Kept the Best Barrels for Himself — Uncut, Unfiltered, Cask Strength - Bourbon Review

8.5 Review

Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Booker's Bourbon: Booker Noe Kept the Best Barrels for Himself — Uncut, Unfiltered, Cask Strength

Booker Noe — Jim Beam's grandson and master distiller — kept the best barrels from the centre of the rickhouse for himse...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

1792 Small Batch: Named for the Year Kentucky Became a State — High-Rye Bourbon from Bardstown's Oldest Distillery - Bourbon Review

7 Review

Kentucky Straight Bourbon

1792 Small Batch: Named for the Year Kentucky Became a State — High-Rye Bourbon from Bardstown's Oldest Distillery

Named for the year Kentucky became the 15th US state. From Bardstown's oldest fully-operating distillery (established 18...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

Very Old Barton 100 Proof: The Best Bourbon Under $15 — Bardstown's Oldest Distillery at Full Strength - Bourbon Review

7 Review

Kentucky Straight Bourbon

Very Old Barton 100 Proof: The Best Bourbon Under $15 — Bardstown's Oldest Distillery at Full Strength

From Bardstown's oldest fully-operating distillery, established 1879. Mashbill: 75% corn, 15% rye, 10% malted barley. 10...

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Joe Whitfield April 10, 2026

9 Review

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Maker's Mark Cask Strength

Maker's Mark uncut and unfiltered — everything the standard does well, amplified to cask strength with concentrated cher...

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Sienna Blackwell April 10, 2026