Knob Creek 12 at 100 proof has always been one of those bottles we don't need much convincing on. It has age, plenty of flavor, and enough oak to remind you that twelve years actually means something.

We've been following Holladay since its first six-year Bottled in Bond release. Now, a decade after bourbon production resumed in Weston, Missouri, some of those earliest barrels have reached ten years old.

Four mash bills. Five different finishing casks. More than 50 individual finishing barrels. Shortbarrel certainly isn't taking the simple approach with Cigar Batch #4.

There is a point where a young craft distillery stops asking you to grade it on potential. Old Dominick might be getting there.

Heaven Hill has one of the strongest bourbon lineups, so when they announced a nine-year-old release that combines their traditional rye and wheated bourbon mash bills, we paid attention.

Sometimes a bourbon doesn't need to do anything particularly unusual to be good. It just needs to deliver on what you expect from a quality bottle.

Cream of Kentucky is one of those brands that comes with enough history to make you pay attention before you ever pour it. The name dates back to the late 1800s; Norman Rockwell once created advertising for it, and Jim Rutledge helped bring it back to life in the modern era.

Something is changing with Buffalo Trace. Slowly. Very slowly. Depending on where you live, you might completely disagree, but some bottles that used to feel impossible to find are starting to show up a little more often.

Russell’s Reserve Single Rickhouse has always been a series we pay attention to. We tend to like the Russell’s side of Wild Turkey, but the whole idea also appeals to the whiskey nerd in us: one rickhouse, specific floors, one very small part of the aging inventory.

Old Grand-Dad has never really been about chasing hype. It has built its reputation on being affordable, flavorful, and a little rough around the edges in a way that bourbon drinkers tend to appreciate.

Booker’s has never been a subtle bourbon. It’s big, high-proof, unapologetically Beam, and usually carries enough peanut and oak to make its family tree pretty obvious.