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Wednesday, September 8, 2021

Watershed Distillery Announces Batch 002 of Barrel Strength Bourbon Finished in Apple Brandy Casks

Columbus based Watershed Distillery has announced the September 18th release of their 2021 Watershed Barrel Strength Bourbon Batch 002. This batch has been aged aged four years in virgin char #4 White Oak barrels and finished for 34-45 months in Ohio apple brandy casks. 

Tuesday, September 7, 2021

James B. Beam Distilling Co. Fills 17 Millionth Barrel of Bourbon Since Prohibition

The James B. Beam Distilling Co. had filled their 17 millionth barrel of bourbon since prohibition. Jim Beam was my bourbon of choice in college and beyond so I'm thinking I've probably accounted for at least 10% of those barrels... This is quite a milestone and has been culminated with the filling of 1 million barrels in the last 18 months alone. 

Friday, September 3, 2021

Are Barrel Picks a Waste of Time?

The Bourbon Review has a nice op-ed laying out the argument that barrel picks nowadays are no different than the vast amount of bottles you can already buy on the shelves. As you may already know, a barrel pick is a where bars, individuals, or retailers purchase all the bottles from a single cask and sell them as an exclusive offering.

Wednesday, September 1, 2021

August 2021 in Review

Welcome to the August 2021 recap. Hard to believe how fast August went. This month I posted 7 articles. The site saw 17,252 page-views. Down from the 20,813 views in July and down 30% from the 24,887 views in August of 2020.

Miss Fiona getting ready for the Autumn