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We review Chattanooga Whiskey Bottled in Bond Spring 2020, a bourbon made in four batches of 10 barrels each, aged over four years, and sporting a complex mash bill containing multiple varieties of malted wheat and malted barley. image via Chattanooga Whiskey) Editor’s Note: We received a review sample of this whiskey from the brand.
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(image via Woodinville Whiskey Co.) Editor’s Note: This whiskey was provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. Washington’s Woodinville Whiskey Co., Washington’s Woodinville Whiskey Co., Brett and Orlin filled the eight test barrels with new-make whiskey and waited.
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Her impressive achievements include being named the 2023 American Whiskey Brand Ambassador of the Year and has earned the title of “Best U.S. She was recognized as a semifinalist for Tales of the Cocktail’s American Bartender of Year in 2018 and 2019 and a finalist for American Bartender of the Year in 2020 and 2022.
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We’ve tempered our taste for four-figure spirits this time around, and while most of the whiskeys we picked for 2023 cost more than $100, only one lands in what we’d consider unicorn territory. As always, we’re revealing one whiskey each day over the next 10 days until we hit #1 on Christmas Eve. Want more selections?
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Editor’s Note: The Whiskey Wash acquired this whiskey as an independent review sample not supplied by the related brand. One of the more fascinating sub-categories of whiskey these days is the so-called “cigar blend.” One of the more fascinating sub-categories of whiskey these days is the so-called “cigar blend.”
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Drew last reviewed the whiskey in 2020. Joseph Magnus’s Murray Hill Club Special Release (aka MHC-SR) line got its start back in 2017, and the company has been trickling out editions ever since.
Editor’s Note: This whiskey was provided to us as a review sample by the party behind it. With two new releases this year, Filmland Spirits has created two new worlds , “a wildly creative pairing of an original retro B-Movie concept … complete with monsters, robots and over-the-top plots … with a delicious and unique whiskey.”
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