Yellowstone Limited Edition 2022

I’d like to thank ByrnePR and Lux Row for providing this review sample with no strings attached.

It’s fair to say I’m in Vacation Mode already. By which I mean I’m having a hard time giving two fucks about anything.

Which kinda sucks because I’m not actually going to be on vacation for a couple of weeks yet. But man, do I need it. I haven’t taken a day off since September of last year. And the burnout is starting to show. The ‘ol fuse on the temper is shorter than usual. Which is weird, what with the “give-a-shit meter” also being at an all-time low. I never realized that those two things could happen simultaneously.

“I couldn’t care less about that, but I’m probably going to get angry anyway…”

So yeah. Let’s just take the easy way out for this special release and let the producer describe this one for us.

Limestone Branch Distillery Master Distiller Stephen Beam announced the upcoming release of 2022 Yellowstone Limited Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. Featuring a delicately balanced blend of 7-year, 15-year and 16-year aged bourbons hand-selected by Beam and aged in Marsala Superiore casks, the latest expression of Yellowstone Limited Edition will begin to be available in September with a suggested retail price of $99.99 per 750ml bottle.

Since 2015, Beam has produced a unique, limited-edition bourbon annually under the Yellowstone brand, which celebrates its 150th anniversary in 2022, along with its namesake national park. For this year’s Yellowstone Limited Edition, Beam selected Marsala Superiore casks to finish select barrels of 7-year-old-bourbon to provide unique tasting notes to complement the extra-aged bourbons comprising this year’s Limited Edition.

And now you might be asking yourself: “so what exactly is a Marsala Superiore cask?” Well, luckily for me and my lazy ways, the producer was happy to answer that question too.

Marsala Superiore is a dry, sweet wine produced near the Italian city of Marsala in Sicily and aged at least two years. A fortified wine similar to Sherry, Marsala imparts tangy flavors of dried fruit and citrus and is often used in cooking or served as a dessert wine. 

But at the end of the day, the real question is how does it taste, and is it worth the asking price? Let’s find out.

Yellowstone Limited Edition 2022

Purchase Info: This sample was sent by the producer for review purposes. The suggested retail price is $99.99 for a 750 mL bottle.

Price per Drink (50 mL): $6.67

Details: 50.5% ABV. A blend of 7-year, 15-year, and 16-year-old bourbons. A portion of the bourbon was aged in Marsala Superiore casks.

Nose: Brown sugar, vanilla, fruit, baking spice, leather, and almond.

Mouth: Salted caramel, leather, vanilla, cinnamon, nutmeg, and oak.

Finish: Spicy and warm with notes of bubblegum, oak, cinnamon, and nutmeg.

Thoughts: Delicious. Spicy but not overly hot. It has a nice subtle fruitiness backing up the oak, leather, and spice notes. I'm really digging this one. I will have to keep my eyes open for it for sure. And if I see it for near the suggested retail price, I’ll probably splurge on it.

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Fever-Tree Distillers Cola

When I was a child, a soda was a treat. Even if it was in the refrigerator, you had to ask to have one and often times the answer would be no. As I grew older, soft drinks became a bigger part of a young person’s life. I still remember when the first soda machine was put into my high school cafeteria. I remember that the old folks grousing: “what’s next, a McDonald’s instead of healthy food?” To my knowledge a McDonald’s was never brought in.

Of course when I was older I had soda all the time. If one could binge drink soda, I did. Eventually, I decided to get healthy and gave up almost all soda. Though a Diet Pepsi was my breakfast most mornings until I quit going into an office. These days, instead of soda being a treat, it’s what I have when there is nothing else to be had. Most of my soda consumption comes on road trips from small gas stations with even smaller beverage selections.

Except of course when I want a highball. Most of the time I use soda water, rum or gin and some citrus. But every so often a Rum and Coke, a Cuba Libre (basically a rum and coke with lime juice), or a Bourbon and ginger ale just sounds too good to pass up. It was with that thought in mind that I picked up the Fever-Tree Distillers Cola from my closest Total Wine. Though it was in shelved with the bourbon, it made me really want a rum and cola. So I tossed it in the cart with everything else.

Fever-Tree Distillers Cola

Purchase Info: $5.99 for a 4 pack of 200 ml bottles at Total Wine, Burnsville, MN.

Details: No artificial sweeteners or high fructose corn syrup.

Nose: Spicy and sweet. Notes of caramel and baking spice. It smells like a Cola.

Mouth: Sweet. Notes of citrus oils, caramel, and a touch of wintergreen as filtered through a cola base.

Thoughts: This is the most interesting cola that I've ever had. I know it was developed as a mixer, but I like it by itself. It's a big step up from a Coke. But since it is a mixer, we need to try a couple of spirits with it. Let's do the Plantation rum from Tuesday in a rum and cola, maybe we will even get fancy and make a Cuba Libre and then let’s mix this with bourbon as well.

To see how this fares when used as part of a highball I made four versions. Two used rum and two used bourbon. Each spirit was combined with either Fever-Tree or Coke. In both cases, the Fever-Tree was the winner when tasted blind. The Coke tasted artificial and almost chemically. I don't normally like bourbon and cola and the Fever-Tree was no exception. I do however like rum and cola and I like a Cuba Libre even more. This paired wonderfully with the Plantation O.F.T.D. so I will be using the rest of this four-pack in that way. I'm very happy with the purchase and this may be my go-to cola going forward.

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My Wandering Eye: Plantation O.F.T.D. Overproof 69% Rum

My Wandering Eye is an ongoing series reacting to the rising prices in the bourbon world. We’ve reached a place where even average products have hit the range where they compete price-wise with other types of aged spirits. If I’m going to be asked to drop $40 to $70 on a mid-range bourbon, I might as well see what else I can get for that money. I hope to see if another spirits category offers something downright tasty in that price range. The goal isn’t to find cheap spirits but to maximize the quality I’m getting at a particular price point. The reviews in this series will all be written through a bourbon drinker’s lens.

As we are quickly coming up on the Autumn Whiskey Release season, I think it is just about time to take a quick break from whiskey and let our eyes wander around the liquor store a little bit. Kind of a palate cleanser before we start taking a look at a bunch of bourbons that we will probably never see on the shelf or won’t be able to afford should we see them. And so I’m taking a look at an inexpensive, by bourbon standards, rum that works amazingly well both with a little ice or in a cocktail.

Here is what the producer has to say about this one:

Plantation O.F.T.D. Rum is our take on that classic style of overproof rums. And not just ours: to join him on the quest to get the blend and the proof just right, Alexandre Gabriel scoured rum joints around the world to find six grizzled old salts who knew which end of a rum bottle was which. Together they came up with this blend of Guyana, Jamaica and Barbados rums, bottled at 69 percent alcohol. O.F.T.D. officially stands for Old Fashioned Traditional Dark but if you ask any of the seven collaborators who were in the room when this blend was born, they’ll tell you it really stands for something else that was exclaimed when the winning rum was tasted…

Let’s see how it tastes.

Plantation O.F.T.D. Overproof 69% Rum

Purchase Info: $30.99 for a 750 mL bottle at Total Wine, Burnsville, MN

Price per Drink (50 mL): $2.07

Details: Blend of Jamaica, Guyana, and Barbados Rums. 69% ABV.

Nose: This is like the best molasses and ginger cookie you've ever had. Strong notes of molasses and ginger are backed up by cinnamon, citrus, and coffee.

Mouth: Very hot (as expected at 138° proof) with notes of caramel, molasses, chocolate, ginger, nutmeg, and citrus.

Finish: On the long side of medium length and warm. Notes of molasses, nutmeg, and chocolate.

Thoughts: To paraphrase the quote above. Oh fuck, that’s delicious! It’s good on its own but is very hot. Water tames the heat and ups the sweetness, and brings in a little mint. I've used this in cocktails many times, and it works amazingly in all the ones I’ve tried. To me, it didn’t matter whether the cocktail normally calls for a light rum or dark. It still worked. Overall, O.F.T.D. is a great rum. I’m a big fan.

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Corkcicle Whiskey Wedge

If you’ve met my wife, you will know that she has a bit of a glassware problem. We have so many whiskey glasses that we’ve had to sort them. We have the ones we use regularly. We have those that are pretty and sit on knick-knack shelfs. And we have boxes of those that don’t fit into either category in our storage facility. So because of the multitude of glassware we own, I seldom buy more.

Unless we are on vacation, that is. This is how we got so many in the first place, I like souvenirs.

I also like cocktails. And so when Total Wine decided to stock what had the possibility of being the perfect cocktail glass in amongst the bourbon, I noticed. And since I am always on the lookout for content, I thought I’d put Corkcicle’s Whiskey Wedge through its paces and bring you along for the ride. Total Wine was selling it for about $25. The Corkcicle website charges the same.

So first off, what is the Corkcicle Whiskey Wedge? Basically, it’s a glass that comes with a silicone mold that freezes ice into a wedge shape in the glass. The tagline on the box is “Goodbye, Watered Down.” The company claims that the wedge shape of the ice minimizes surface area and melting, resulting in a drink that is cold but not watered down.

Now that is the same claim that is made by makers of fancy ice sphere molds as well. And as I have one of these fancy ice molds, I’ve noticed that the large chunk of ice does, in fact, melt slower than the same volume of ice in cube form. So is the Whiskey Wedge better than a glass with a large piece of ice in it?

To find out, I conducted an experiment. I had a large ice cylinder left over from a photo shoot, so I used that in a glass alongside the frozen Whiskey Wedge. The experiment is simple. Freeze the Whiskey Wedge, and when it is ready, put the Ice Cylinder in the glass, and pour in two ounces of high-proof whiskey. I used Elijah Craig Barrel Proof. I initially did this exactly the way I would do it if I were making a cocktail. The glass was room-temperature. I never remember to pre-cool my glassware, and this was no exception. My notes are below:

• After 2 minutes: the drink with the ice cylinder has noticeably melted compared to the Whiskey Wedge. The one with the cylinder tastes more dilute.

• After 5 minutes: the Whiskey Wedge has visibly melted and changed shape.

• After 15 minutes: the Whiskey Wedge is noticeably darker than the drink with the ice cylinder. The Whiskey Wedge is also still much less diluted in the mouth.

Initial Thoughts: Square glasses are hard to drink out of, but I'm impressed. The drink in the Whiskey Wedge held up much better than the one with the ice cylinder. I wonder how much of that is because the glass containing the ice cylinder was fresh from the cupboard, whereas the Whiskey Wedge was fresh from the freezer. The initial round goes to the Whiskey Wedge, but let's give it a fair fight. For try two, I will freeze both glasses.

• After 2 minutes: Both pieces of ice have melted about the same visually. The drink with the ice cylinder is slightly more dilute in taste.

• After 5 minutes: The dilution in the Whiskey Wedge glass has caught up, and both are about the same in taste.

• After 15 minutes: The drink with the ice cylinder is visibly lighter in color, and the drink in the Whiskey Wedge is much stronger in the mouth.

Conclusion: The only knock on the Wedge is that I personally dislike drinking out of a square glass. It works as advertised. In the same time frame, it melted less than a comparable volume of ice in a different shape. Though freezing the glass containing the ice cylinder helped it close the gap, the Whiskey Wedge still worked better at not overdiluting the drink while still adding a bit of needed dilution. When I bought this, I thought it was a pretty gimmick. But it works as advertised.

I fully admit that this is not a very scientific experiment. If it were, I would have measured the volume of liquid that went in (which I did), let it sit for the allotted time, and then measured the volume of liquid that was poured out after time. I was not about to waste tasty and expensive bourbon that way, though, so you get this result instead. Overall, I’m impressed. I’ll probably be picking up a second glass to go with the first.

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof after 15 minutes in a glass with a cylinder shaped piece of ice and in the Corkcicle Whiskey Wedge.

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Woodinville Straight Bourbon Whiskey

I am a huge Neil Gaiman fan. He’s my absolute favorite author. And for me, it all started when I read the Sandman. The Sandman is a comic series from the late 1980s that is gruesome, grotesque, heartfelt, moving, beautiful, and just an amazing journey. I love it. Has been my favorite piece of literature since I first read it.

And now it has been made into an amazing Netflix series. If you are a fan of the comic, you should love this. I’m almost through binging the series, and so far, I’m blown away. This is as good of an adaptation as American Gods was bad (American Gods being another series based on a Gaiman work). It’s beautifully shot and well acted. The story is not in the same order as the comics, but I think that was a good choice when adapting to video. They’re different mediums, and the needed story beats aren’t quite the same. Hopefully, I will finish the series tonight. If not, tomorrow for sure.

So let’s get to tonight’s bourbon. I’ve been wandering liquor stores trying to find things to write about that won’t break the bank. As I did, my eyes fell on this bottle of bourbon from Woodinville Whiskey Co, out of Woodinville, Washington. Now I’ve been aware of Woodinville for many years. I featured their bottle design way back when I interviewed the designer of their packaging, David Cole back in 2013. But somehow, I’ve never tasted their whiskey. That has been remedied. But before we get to what I think of the bourbon, let’s see what the producer has to say.

This truly small-batch bourbon starts with traditionally grown corn, rye and malted barley. All of our staple grains are cultivated exclusively for us on the Omlin Family farm in Quincy, Washington. The grains are mashed, distilled, and barreled in our Woodinville® distillery, then trucked back over the Cascade Mountains to our private barrel houses, where Central Washington’s extreme temperature cycles promote the extraction of natural flavors from the oak. Prior to being coopered, the barrel wood is seasoned in open air, rain, wind, sun, and snow for eighteen months, softening the wood’s harsh tannins. The barrels are then slowly toasted and heavily charred to further enrich the wood’s desirable flavors. This meticulous process yields a truly hand-crafted spirit with aromas of crème brûlée and spice cabinet, as well as notes of rich caramel, dark chocolate, and vanilla bean on the palate with a sweet, lingering finish.

Woodinville Straight Bourbon Whiskey

Purchase Info: $41.99 for a 750 mL bottle at total Wine, Burnsville, MN

Price per Drink (50 mL): $2.80

Details: 45% ABV

Nose: Hay, mint, and almond.

Mouth: Honey, almond, cinnamon, and if you hold it in your mouth long enough, a capsaicin-like heat.

Finish: Medium length and warmth. Notes of cinnamon, honey, and almond.

Thoughts: This is pretty darn tasty. If you like hot honey, this should be one to pick up. I look forward to trying a few more from their product line. They have a Rye and a Port-finished Bourbon at my closest Total Wine, which I am already planning to pick up. And according to their website, they have Cask Strength versions at the distillery. Well, that seems like a good thing to add to the itinerary for the next time I visit Seattle. I’ve wanted to do that anyway.

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Limavady Single Barrel, Single Malt Irish Whiskey

I’d like to thank the producers and their PR team for sending this review sample along with no strings attached.

I’m going to come right out and say it. I haven’t yet had a Single Malt Whiskey that I actually liked. Notice the Capital S on that categorization. See, I’ve liked the occasional whiskey that uses a large percentage of malt in its mash bill, but for some reason, once it is classified as a Single Malt Whiskey, the odds are that I’m not going to like it. But it really isn’t fair to those whiskeys. Over the years, I’ve simply discovered that I don’t actually like the flavor of malted grains in whiskey. It doesn’t matter if it is malted barley or the relatively recently introduced rye whiskeys that are, entirely or partially, made with malted rye grains. (Never had a whiskey that uses malted corn or malted wheat though so I can’t say on those.)

Of course that doesn’t mean I am going to stop trying them either. I mean, what fun is that? You hand me a whiskey to try and I’m going to try it, whether it uses a large percentage of malted barley or not. Heck, if you handed me a whiskey made entirely of malted corn, malted rye, and malted barley, I’m going to be at least trying it. Even though I don’t care for the taste that malting brings to the grain.

I guess there is a reason I like bourbon and rye best. Styles where the malted grains are usually used in single digit percentages.

So when the PR firm that handles Limavady reached out to me to see if I wanted to try their new product, I of course said yes. Who turns down free booze when the only downside is that it might not be good? It might also be amazing. Plus, I’ve liked quite a few Irish whiskeys, though the ones I’ve liked have been made from a mix of malted and unmalted barley.

So let’s learn a little bit about Limavady, the Single Barrel, Single Malt Irish Whiskey. First, here is what the brand has to say for itself:

Limavady Irish Whiskey- As one of Ireland’s oldest whiskeys dating back to 1750 and inspired by the Gaelic origins of Limavady - Leim an Mhadaidh, meaning “Leap of the Dog.” Darryl McNally, Whiskey Master and descendant of the Limavady Distillery’s 18th century operators, is at the helm of the brand, with his own underdog story to tell. Limavady is made of 100% Irish barley and is small batch, triple distilled in a copper pot still. The single malt whiskey is aged in ex-bourbon barrels and finished in PX sherry cask before bottling each cask individually, at 46% ABV. The sherry casks deliver warm, inviting dried fruit and spice notes, adding richness to a toasted vanilla base, for a drinking experience that’s well-rounded and genuinely delicious.

The rest of the details are as follows. This whiskey is made from 100% malted Irish barley. It was aged in ex-Bourbon barrels and then finished in Pedro Ximénez Sherry casks. The whiskey comes in at 92° proof and is made by Darryl McNally, a 20+ year veteran distiller in the Irish whiskey industry.

Ok, but now onto the important stuff. How does it taste? We know my biases, let’s see if this Irish Single Malt can overcome them.

Limavady Single Barrel, Single Malt Irish Whiskey

Purchase Info: This sample was sent to me by the producer for review purposes. The suggested retail price is $49.99 for a 700mL bottle.

Price per Drink (50 mL): $3.57

Details: Proof: 46% ABV. Mash bill: 100% Malted Irish Barley. Aged in ex-bourbon barrels and finished in PX sherry casks. Barrel#: 0136. Bottle#: 640 of 846.

Nose: Dried fruit, caramel, and lemon.

Mouth: Sweet with notes of dried fruit, mint, and hints of cinnamon candy.

Finish: Medium finish with notes of cinnamon and dried fruit.

Thoughts: I’m not going to lie, this one isn’t for me. I appreciate this whiskey more than I like it. It has a pleasant enough flavor, it just isn't my preferred flavor profile. Let’s put it this way, I finished the glass after the tasting, but i didn’t pour another. So I’m very neutral on this personally, but for people who like malt whiskey with a strong Sherry influence, this would probably be worth a look.

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Calumet Farm 16-year-old Single Rack Black Bourbon "Citation"

Ok. I can hear you now.

“Eric, the tagline at the top of the page says “The Irreverent Home of Frugal Bourbon Drinkers Since 2012.” Why do you keep featuring whiskeys that cost over $100?”

And to that, I’d like to paraphrase my (can’t believe I’m about to type this) inner Bill Clinton and say that depends on what the definition of is…errr…frugal is to you. To me, being frugal and being cheap are two different things. They are similar, but there is a bit of nuance to my definitions. Being cheap means don’t spend the money. Ever. Being frugal means that you only spend the money if you know that the money is being well-spent. Let me give you an example.

If I were cheap, I would never have spent $138 on a 16-year-old bourbon. But since I am frugal, I did. And I did so because I really (really) enjoyed the 14- and 15-year-old versions of the same bourbon. Or something like that.

So now that we have that out of the way let’s get to the good part. The tasting!

Calumet Farm 16-year-old Single Rack Black Bourbon "Citation"

Purchase Info: $138.99 at Viking Liquor Barrel, Prior Lake, MN.

Price per Drink (50 mL): $9.27

Details: Rack number: W4005.09. Batch size: 19 barrels. Non-chill filtered. 53% ABV. Mash bill: 74% Corn, 18% Rye, 8% Malted Barley

Nose: Coffee, instant hot cocoa powder, almond, caramel, and dusty oak. Definitely, a pour that needs time to open up in the glass, though.

Mouth: Spicy and sweet initially. Past that, you will find cinnamon, chocolate, coffee, and oak notes.

Finish: Sweet, warm, and long with notes of leather, caramel, and chocolate.

Thoughts: This is delicious, and I don't in any way regret the purchase. Is it better than the cheaper 14- and 15- year old versions? Well, they still live on my fancy shelf, so let's find out.

Ok, so I tasted them all side-by-side, and yep. That 16-year-old is the best of the bunch, though not by a lot. The 14-year-old is the lowest on the totem pole. It’s sweet but not as rich as the 16-year-old. The 15-year is a close second, with less sweetness and more spice. And the 16-year-old is just ahead of that by combining the spice, the sweetness, and the oak into a delicious whole. But the margins in this are razor thin, so if you see one and feel like you can afford it, these are worth the $120-$140 that I spent on them. They are all very delicious. Big, big fans of all three in this house.

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The Whiskey-A-Go-Go Cocktail via The Modern Rogue

Well, hi there.

Early last week, I was in bed watching some YouTube as I waited to fall asleep when I saw a video about a cocktail that sounded very interesting to me. Mostly it was interesting because I had every ingredient but one. Now normally, my bedtime video habits wouldn’t be brought up here. Even when they are relevant. I mean, it’s a little weird right?

But here’s the thing. I watched that video and decided I was going to make that cocktail. So I looked up how I could get the one ingredient I was missing. It turns out Total Wine carries it, just not in the stores that are nearest to me. I needed to make an hour trip to go get it. Which isn’t a huge deal, except that was a particularly unlucky night. For some reason, I couldn’t get on the road until almost eight o’clock in the evening.

Now if you know me, you know that I am no longer a night owl. I’m usually in bed between 9:00 and 9:30pm. At eight, I’m starting to wind down. Have a drink. Get myself ready for sleepy time. So for me to leave the house at eight on a Tuesday night? You know I wanted this cocktail. Long story short, I drove, got the ingredient, got home and got ready for bed. It was too late to actually make the cocktail, but hey, I knew what I was going to have the next day.

Except for one small thing. I had a very timid, very large lab staying with me at that moment and he really wanted the comfort of sleeping on top of me. After a while, I tried to get him off of me so I could sleep. I was gently pushing him off my legs, he was stubbornly pushing back, my hands slipped, and his head hit my temple at a very high rate of speed.

Doctor confirmed it was a concussion. Which meant, no alcohol. Which meant no tastings. Not only couldn’t I write Thursday’s post as I wasn't supposed to think, but damn it, I couldn’t even have my cocktail that I went out of the way to try. So tonight, I’m giving you the cocktail recipe and sharing the video that sparked this entire misadventure. I was able to have the cocktail tonight, and it is quite tasty, if you like spirit-forward cocktails that are on the slightly bitter side. It’s called the Whiskey-A-Go-Go and I got it from an episode of The Modern Rogue, one of my favorite YouTube channels.

The Whiskey-A-Go-Go Cocktail as seen on The Modern Rogue

1.5-ounces Rittenhouse Rye
0.75-ounce Amaro Montenegro
0.75-ounce Bonal Gentiane-Quina
One dash Scrappy’s Cardamom Bitters

Build this in the glass, use big ice, stir a bit to dilute, and serve with the ice and a zested lemon peel

And now to the video, think of this like I’m a substitute teacher who doesn’t really care. Instead of math today, we’re watching a video instead.

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