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Having a Tasting? Use our Interactive Flavor Wheel Image

Having a Tasting? Use our Interactive Flavor Wheel

I'm going to start off the the TLDR (Too Long Didn't Read) summary: Use our interactive flavor wheel found on nearly every bourbon/rye bottle page to select and store your tasting notes. I've personally found one of the best ways to enjoy this via

Apr 30, 2020 By: BottleBlueBook
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Enhance Your Senses With a Nosing Kit

It has been proven that our sense of taste heavily relies on our ability to smell. So it would come as no surprise that a good sense of smell can improve the quality and experience of your whiskey tastings. Not long ago I discovered a good quality

Apr 20, 2020 By: BottleBlueBook
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New Features and Changes

As you may notice, unless you're new to BBB, we have changed our bottle pages layout. We have also added some new features which may help those of us in lockdown pass the time during the evenings. Flavor Wheel Nearly every

Apr 17, 2020 By: BottleBlueBook
Bourbon and Prohibition: A Brief History of an American Beverage Image

Bourbon and Prohibition: A Brief History of an American Beverage

Bourbon is considered thoroughly American. Legally, according to a congressional act in 1964, it is "a distinctive product of the United States." And in other folks' estimation, it is simply called, "America's spirit." That moniker all but guarant

Mar 3, 2020 By: BottleBlueBook
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Selling Your Bottle Collection

Looking to sell your bourbon, scotch, and/or wine collection?Now that Facebook has and is actively shutting down liquor buy/sell groups and other online trading spots are completely shutting down there aren't a whole lot of options anymor

Feb 21, 2020 By: BottleBlueBook
Have a Bottle You Want to Sell? Here are the 4 Best Ways to Offload it! Image

Have a Bottle You Want to Sell? Here are the 4 Best Ways to Offload it!

Update: As of recent Facebook has and is actively shutting down all groups that were involved with buying and selling and other online trading spots have closed up shop as well.

Dec 21, 2016 By: BottleBlueBook
Review: 2015 Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye Image

Review: 2015 Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye

Recently I've been able to try George T. Stagg, William LaRue Weller, Thomas H. Handy and Sazerac.  I finally had the chance to try the 2015 Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye.  While it might be the odd man out in the Buffalo Trace Collectio

Nov 27, 2016 By: Darrell Martin
Review: 2015 Van Winkle Lot B Image

Review: 2015 Van Winkle Lot B

Having already tried most of the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection including Pappy Van Winkle Family Reserve 15 year, I wasn’t sure what to expect with the 2015 Van Winkle Family Reserve Lot B. Lot B is aged for 12 years and is now

Oct 1, 2016 By: Darrell Martin
Review: 2011 Thomas H. Handy Image

Review: 2011 Thomas H. Handy

While working my way through the Buffalo Trace Antique Collection I final got my chance to try some 2011 Thomas H Handy.  Like the other offerings from this collection, the excitement and expectations were high.  A 6 year old 128.6 proof

Sep 12, 2016 By: Darrell Martin
Review: 2014 George T Stagg Image

Review: 2014 George T Stagg

Last week I sat down and reviewed the 2014 Sazerac Rye 18 Year and so I felt it was appropriate to turn to another item in the 2014 Buffalo Trace Antique Collect

Sep 1, 2016 By: Darrell Martin
Review: 2014 Sazerac 18 Year Image

Review: 2014 Sazerac 18 Year

The Buffalo Trace Antique Collection are some of the most sought after bourbons and ryes around. Sazerac is one of if not the most coveted of the ryes. Every year it is on my list of must haves (though it doesn’t seem to work out t

Aug 2, 2016 By: Darrell Martin
Review: Pappy Van Winkle 15 Year Image

Review: Pappy Van Winkle 15 Year

Pappy Van Winkle 15 Year was one of my chase bourbons or Unicorns as they are called. Every fall all the members of the Van Winkle family are released. From the hefty 10 Year Old Rip Van Winkle to the aged 23 Year Old Pappy Van Winkle, they are al

May 17, 2016 By: Darrell Martin
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