Bourbon Journal

This is your front-row seat to Artfully Bourbon’s latest content, from blind tastings to bourbon hunts, challenges, and distillery stories. Pour a glass and explore America’s spirit, one episode at a time.

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Finding Kentucky’s Best Everyday Bourbon / Blind 03: Heaven Hill

Welcome to Blind 03 of our search for the best everyday bourbon in Kentucky. In this double-blind series, we taste and rank some of the biggest Kentucky distilleries to find the best daily-drinker whiskey on the shelf.

We Blinded “The Best” Bourbons / It Didn’t Go As Planned

We blinded some of the best bourbons you can actually find and everything went sideways. From solid favorites to everyday shelf staples, we put them head-to-head to find the real winner. The results caught us off guard.