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Age: Finish Time: 44 months

The Old Jett Brothers

Sparta,
Kentucky
Outstanding
The Old Jett Brothers from Neeley Family Distillery represents the kind of small-batch bourbon that makes Kentucky distillery visits so rewarding. This French oak finished bourbon clocks in at 114.8…

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Dread River Whiskies
Blended Whiskies
Alabama

Dread River Whiskies

When craft distilling meets growing pains

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90 Proof
Age: No Age Statement
Not My Cup of Tea
$50
High Bank Small Batch
Small Batch, Wheated
Ohio

High Bank Small Batch - Batch #2

A wheated hometown pour that makes a weeknight feel just fine

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93 Proof
Age: No age statement, Maybe 5 years
Recommend
Minglewood Double Oaked Bourbon
Bottled-In-Bond, Finished Bourbon
Ohio

Minglewood Double Oaked Bourbon

This Bottled-in-Bond bourbon skips the oak-bomb trap, finishing sweet, nutty, and even a little like tobacco leaf.

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100 Proof
Age: 5 years
Excellent
$70
Cask Strength, Single Barrel, Straight Bourbon Whiskey, Wheated
Kentucky

Neeley Single Barrel, Barrel Strength Wheated

A tour pour at Neeley Family Distillery that set the pace for the whole day

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105.2 Proof
Age: 4 years 6 months
Excellent
Hudson Four Grain Bourbon
Bourbon
New York

Hudson Four Grain Bourbon

New York’s Post-Prohibition Pioneer Falls Short of Modern Expectations

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92 Proof
Age: Less than four years
Drinkable
Minglewood Bottled In Bond Wheat Whiskey
Bottled-In-Bond, Single Barrel, Straight Wheat Whiskey
Ohio

Minglewood Bottled In Bond Wheat Whiskey

This 100-proof wheat whiskey out of a converted Wooster ice house leans hard into honey and cereal sweetness, and it’s the rare BIB that tastes like dessert without losing its grain-forward backbone.

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100 Proof
Age: At least 6 years
Excellent
$70

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