The Liquor Store Podcast

Four Roses Single Barrel OBSO + Bourbon World Sale & Bonus Raffle ALL WEEK SALE & EXTRA RAFFLE ALERT: Stop at any Bourbon World Location this week and enter (once per day) for a chance at the BONUS raffle items listed below. PLUS take 20% OFF 3 bottles or MORE of any bourbon mix and match. One of this week's featured bottles is a 2023 single barrel from Bourbon World of Four Roses OBSO recipe, fea...

Blanton's Gold Revisit + Bourbon World Sale & Bonus Raffle ALL WEEK SALE & EXTRA RAFFLE ALERT: Stop at any Bourbon World Location this week and enter (once per day) for a chance at the BONUS raffle items listed below. PLUS take 20% OFF 3 bottles or MORE of any bourbon mix and match. One of this week's featured bottles is Blanton's Gold, the second-ever version of Blanton's to be released at 103 pr...

Stagg 130.2 Proof + Bourbon World Sale & Bonus Raffle ALL WEEK SALE & EXTRA RAFFLE ALERT: Stop at any Bourbon World Location Thanksgiving week and enter (once per day) for a chance at the BONUS raffle items listed below. PLUS take 20% OFF 3 bottles or MORE of any bourbon mix and match. One of this week's featured bottles is Stagg! And that's JUST STAGG now, as the "Jr." has been removed. This late...

Woodford Sonoma Triple Finish + Bourbon World Sale & Bonus Raffle ALL WEEK SALE & EXTRA RAFFLE ALERT: Stop at any Bourbon World Location Thanksgiving week and enter (once per day) for a chance at the BONUS raffle items listed below. PLUS take 20% OFF 3 bottles or MORE of any bourbon mix and match. One of this week's featured bottles is the new Woodford Reserve Master's Collection, the Sonoma Tripl...

Tasting Notes  ALERT...$15 OFF! Since Diageo firmly planted their flag in Northern Kentucky, the quality of the Bulleit single barrels has only gone up. This high rye version of the Bulleit mashbill comes in at 104 proof and exhibits finely tuned oak notes along with birthday cake, vanilla, and orange fruit on the nose. On the palate, a blast of orange and spice. Makes me think we may have a perfe...

Tasting Notes: How a long time craft bourbon producer in Indiana like Huber's continues to be overlooked boggles my mind. For at least the past two years their ryes have been world class with a softer, fruitier barrel note on the nose different than anything else on the market. Regularly priced at $59.99, we've got multiple years on sale for $44.99 through the end of the year. Today I'm checking o...

Tasting Notes:  We're doing one of our BEST Sleeper Hit sales of the year on Rossville Union Single Barrell Cask Strength bottlings, from 2022 and 2023! Regular Price, $59.99. We've got them on promo through the end of the year at $39.99! Don't miss out on these cask strength, super high rye RYES made right here in our some state. The best of these examples are piney, minty, and sweet, with a long...

Tasting Notes Brazilian Amburana at its best imparts a deep smoky cinnamon flavor to almost any bourbon. The key is to have that balanced against sweeter nuanced notes within the whiskey. This first ever Borubon World Cigar Batch at 114 proof drips with sweet and smoky cinnamon on the nose with a floral, tea, and incense note in the background, deepening the effect. On the palate, soft yellow exot...

  We've got ALL Maker's Mark Private Selection single barrels on sale for $54.99. NOW is the best time to go hunting for soemthing special. And, if you happen to see a bottle of the "Bourbon World" single barrel dubbed "Double French" from it's 5 stave treatment of Seaved French Cuvee oak and 5 staves of Toasted French Spice, bottled at 108.3 proof, make sure not to pass it up. Richly nutty and to...

Bourbon Expo is BACK on the first Saturday in December. Kick off the holidays with 380 unique spirits to sample, all while getting your chance at the year's RAREST bottles of Pappy and BTAC. Don't miss out on this year's Big Red Liquors Bourbon Expo! Grab a group of friends and make your plans today! Win the right to buy special bottles

Tasting Notes:  Looking for the easiest, tastiest, holiday punch solution? Look no further than Smirnoff Red, White, and Merry, a perfect combination of orange, cranberry, and ginger. Just add any lemon lime soda or ginger ale or ginger beer for a spicy kick, throw in a few orange cloves and some ice and that's it! You'll thank us later!

Tasting Notes:  Lifting out of the Terresentia fog of rapid-aging bourbon, DSP KY-10 has finally found its footing with a historical brand name, "Green River" and fully aged, large barrels sans the sonic vibrations, additions of heat, and other sundry snake oil applications. Their rye-based 4yr was one of the best sleeper hits of last year, now enter their Wheater, a 90 proof, soft as eiderdown 4y...

  When Brown Forman (maker of Woodford Reserve, Jack Daniels, and Old Forester) get into the secondary ageing game you know it's going to be good, for the simple fact that Brown Forman is the ONLY major bourbon producer who controls all of their barrels and wood programs from start to finish. Vertically integrated at the barrel level, Brown Forman sources the wood, ages it in their lumbar yards an...

  Perhaps the oldest school distillery in the country isn't located off the beaten path in rural Kentucky, but rather sits square in the middle of Philadelphia's Kensington neighborhood. Charles Jacquin et Cie Inc. has been producing various cordials and alcohol brands since the 1880s. Owned by the Cooper Family who collectively are responsible for now famous cordials like Domaine de Canton, St. G...

Tasting Notes:  This year's Remus Repeal Reserve is the 7th in the series, a blend of 5 different ages and 2 different Ross & Squib (MGP) mashbills, and bottled at a very drinkable and laudable 100 proof! The blend consists of 6% 2007 bourbon from the 12% rye recipe, along with 26% from 2013 of the same recipe, and yet 21% more of that recipe from 2014. The mix of 36% rye bourbons are 26% from 201...

Tasting Notes :  Canadian corn vodka that's additive free sold in the skull head bottle and shilled by one of the Ghostbusters??? Yep, that's Crystal Head in a nutshell. "It is distilled four times into a neutral grain spirit and blended with pristine water from Newfoundland, Canada. The vodka is filtered seven times, of which three are through layers of semi-precious crystals known as Herkimer di...

Tasting Notes:  Barrel A of the "Chosen" single barrel series from Blue Run weighs in at 110 proof with pine, lemon, rock candy, soft oak, and melon fruit on the nose. On the palate, lots of oak spice, a pinch of cinnamon, red fruit, and a tangy orange liqueur note on the finish with a touch of leather.  

Tasting Notes:  Not since Smooth Ambler was sending 15, 17, and 19 yr old MGP out into the world for under $100 more than a decade ago have I tasted a 15+ year old MGP, let alone a cask strength version at 98.1 proof!!! If you are planning to go out and chase Pappy and BTAC, hold up, because this year's 15yr Remus Gatsby Reserve may just be the ultimate spoiler. Nose of pure bourbon candy with com...

Tasting Notes: The key to any great cream liqueur is a balance between sweetness and alcohol. The key to any good Kentucky bourbon ball is to have a LOT more alcohol than sweetness. And so arrives Barton Bourbon Ball from the 1792 distillery, perhaps the PERFECT cream liqueur. Just NOW hitting the Indiana market, make it a point this fall to buy as many of these as you can get your hands on. A com...

Tasting Notes:  Bottom shelf review alert! Previously known as "Heaven Hill White Label 80 proof" and now affectionately called "Quality House" this 3 year, 78% Corn, 12% Malted Barley, 10% Rye bourbon competes in the same category as Old Crow from Suntory and Benchmark from Sazerac. All three are basically 3yr old, 80 proof versions which turn into higher priced, older and higher proof whiskies i...

Tasting Notes:  A maple bourbon cream from the woods of Brown County? What else would you want for the holidays. When Hard Truth first got into creams, it was a year before the maple bourbon cream made an appearance, and we're now so glad that it did. Made with REAL bourbon and REAL maple syrup and bottled at 30 proof (15%) it's got all the richness you'd want from a cream with bursts of real flav...

Tasting Notes:  This revived brand from Limestone Branch, which was first bought by Luxco, and then purchased by MGP is a 4+ year 93 proof straight Kentucky bourbon. No frills, just an everyday "shelfer" worth taking a second or even third look at. On the nose, a light lemon custard with floral aromas and fresh cut oak. On the palate, spice first, then soft fruit throughout. This rye driven standa...

Tasting Notes:  Usually I have found the Weller Full Proofs too hot for my personal taste, but still overall better than the average. Well, that's NOT the case this year. This has the depth of flavor of a Weller Antique AND the drinkability as well at 114 proof. Dark color, nutty with orange and chocolate on the nose. On the palate, soft fruit, big rolling spice from from front to back. Depth of f...

  When Moet Hennessy overhauled their finished whisky portfolio of Glenmo, they went ahead and added premium age statements, and in the case of the Quita Ruban, (always the port finished bottling), the results have been spectacular. At 14 years old, Quinta Ruban exhibits loads of chocolate covered oranges, malt, and a blast of sweet lemon. At 92 proof, and non-chill filtered the palate is downrigh...

Tasting Notes:  This year's 2023 Weller Antique 107 rockets out of the Glencairn with stone fruit, plums, and rich, dark aromas, along with vanilla and spice. On the palate, silky spice, more dark fruit, with raisins and cherries emerging before a POP of cherry pie and a whip of leather.