Review: Corbin Cash Sour Mash Bourbon
Corbin Cash Sour Mash Bourbon is crafted by David John Souza on a family farm in the San Joaquin Valley that his family has owned for nearly 100 years. He named the distillery after his son Corbin Cash Souza. Corbin Cash Sour Mash was awarded Best Bourbon at the Los Angeles Spirts competition. Three years ago I reviewed Corbin Sweet Potato Vodka, now named Corbin Cash California Estate Grown Sweet Potato Vodka, so I’m not surprised by their most recent award. The bourbon is crafted from a 70% corn, 25%, rye, and 5% malt mash bill. The corn comes from good friends at the neighboring Scoto Brothers Farm. The barley used is grown in California and malted at Admiral Malting in Alameda, and the rye is grown on their own farm. It’s a true California Bourbon. The wood in the barrels is a combination of Missouri and Minnesota grown American White Oak. The wood is seasoned for 36 months before becoming a barrel. After construction the barrel in Fresno California it is charred to Corbin Cash specifications. The whiskey is mashed fermented, and distilled on an Arnold Holstein copper still at Corbin Cash Distillery in Atwater California. They add some of the spend mash into subsequent batches to create a sour mash. It is then laid down at 110 proof for a minimum of 4 years, and bottled at barrel proof of 106. Read more 
Review: Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye
Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye has received a Double Gold medal at the 2020 and 2021 San Francisco World Spirits Competition, won 1st Place Best Canadian Whisky at the 2021 International Whisky Competition, and was named World Whiskey of the Year 2021 by one of the biggest names in the Whiskey World, the author of the 1 million copy selling Whiskey Bible, Jim Murray. Most spirits can claim to be award winners but its the quality of the competition and the names behind the awards given to Alberta Premium Cask Strength Whiskey that’s most impressive. Not bad for a whiskey that was originally released in 2020. Alberta Premium is crafted by Alberta Distillers from 100% Canadian prairie rye grown by local farmers and refreshing glacier fed Rocky Mountain spring water. Alberta Distillers was founded in 1946 and Alberta Premium debuted in 1958. They are one of the first and very few distillers to create a true 100% rye whiskey. They are so well respected they supply the 100% rye used in Masterson’s, Jefferson’s, and Whistle Pig’s 10 Year old ryes. Alberta Premium Cask Strength Rye is aged for a minimum 5 years in new charred oak and non chill filtered. It is bottled at 127-134 proof. The bottle we are reviewing today was bottled at 127.4 proof. Read more
Review: Ballotin Chocolate Peanut Butter Cream
Ballotin Chocolate Peanut Butter Cream was released April 2021. It is one of eight chocolate flavored whiskies flying the Ballotin banner. The others include Bourbon Ball, Caramel Turtle, Chocolate Cherry Cream, Chocolate Mint, Chocolate Mocha Cream, and Original Chocolate. Paul Tuell a former brand manager for Brown-Forman founded Saloon Spirits April 2015 in Louisville Kentucky. Each bottle of Ballotin starts with a sourced whiskey made from a traditional Bourbon mash with at least 51% corn. Wheat and barley make up the balance. The whiskey is aged for three years in previously used oak barrels. Chocolate peanut butter cream liqueur made from real dairy cream is blended before bottling at 34 proof. Read more
Review: Skatter Brain Peanut Butter Cream Liqueur
Skatter Brain Peanut Butter Cream Liqueur was recently released. It is one of five Skatter Brain spirits made from a Canadian whisky base. All are sold at Total Wine and More locations throughout the US. The other whiskey varieties include Skatter Brain Peanut Butter, PB&J, Dark Cherry Vanilla, & Dark Chocolate Banana. Each is made by Universal Brands in Princeton Minnesota. As peanut butter flavored whiskey sales continue to grow we have seen several brands add a secondary flavor to their peanut butter whiskey. In this case cream is the secondary flavor added. Skatter Brain Peanut Butter Cream Liqueur is not the first to add cream to their peanut butter flavored whiskey, and they will not be the last. Read more
Review: WhiskeySmith Pineapple Whiskey
WhiskeySmith Pineapple Whiskey is one of three flavored whiskeys released by Old Elk Distillery in Fort Collins Colorado, October 2020. The others are WhiskeySmith Chocolate and WhiskeySmith Banana. Old Elk also makes PB&W Peanut Butter Whiskey. They just released four additional flavored whiskeys including Blood Orange, Salted Caramel, Peach, and Coconut. Each whiskey is made with real American whiskey, essence of fruit and culinary inspired extracts and flavors and all are bottled at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Skatter Brain Dark Chocolate Banana Whiskey
Skatter Brain Dark Chocolate Banana Whiskey was just released. It joins a Skatter Brain lineup that includes Skatter Brain Peanut Butter Whiskey, PB&J, Peanut Butter Cream, and Dark Cherry Vanilla. All five are available at Total Wine and More stores throughout the US. The fist thing I noticed is the elephant found on the Skatter Brain Peanut Butter whiskey flavors has been replaced by a gorilla. Skatter Brain Dark Cherry Vanilla feature a raccoon head. All three Skatter Brain spokes animals love their shades. Skatter Brain is made by Universal Brands in Princeton Minnesota from a Canadian whiskey base. Natural flavors and caramel color are added before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Skatter Brain PB&J Whiskey
Skatter Brain PB&J Whiskey is described as a peanut butter and raspberry jelly flavored whiskey. It joins Skatter Brain Peanut Butter Whiskey and Skatter Brain Dark Cherry Vanilla Whiskey on the store shelves of the 219 Total Wine and More stores located in 27 states in the US. Not only is this the first peanut butter and jelly flavored whiskey, Skatter Brain is the first to offer two varieties of peanut butter whiskey. What’s next Peanut Butter Banana flavored Whiskey? Skatter Brain PB&J is made from a Canadian whiskey base with natural flavors and caramel color added. It is made by Universal Brands in Princeton Minnesota. Read more
Review: Skatter Brain Dark Cherry Vanilla Whiskey
Skatter Brain Dark Cherry Vanilla Whiskey was recently released. It is sold at Total Wine & More stores throughout the US. It is considered one of their Spirit Direct spirits. Skatter Brain Dark Cherry Vanilla joins the previously released and reviewed Skatter Brain Peanut Butter Whiskey. Both are made from a Canadian Whiskey base with natural flavors and caramel color. The aroma leads with maraschino cherry. Additional time brings out vanilla notes. Read more
Review: Barrel & Banter Peanut Butter Whiskey
Barrel & Banter Peanut Butter Whiskey is one of six whiskeys under the Barrel & Banter label. The others include Barrel & Banter Peach, Orange, Straight Bourbon, Straight Rye, and their newest, a 100% American corn Whiskey. Barrel & Banter appears to be produced at Lockwood Distilling Company in Richardson Texas. Lockwood Distilling was founded by husband and wife team Evan and Sally Batt. Evan co-founded Western Son Vodka in 2012. Barrel & Banter Peanut Butter Whiskey is made with their bourbon base distilled from sweet Texas corn and rye from the plains of Oklahoma. The bourbon is aged in American oak barrels. Natural flavors are blended before hand bottling. Read more
Review: Two Trees Peanut Butter Whiskey
Two Trees Peanut Butter Whiskey is one of nine flavored whiskeys made at Two Trees Distilling in Fletcher North Carolina. The other flavors include Sea Salted Caramel, Candy Apple, Scorched Brown Sugar, Carolina Peach, Michigan Cherry, Cinnamon Spice, Golden Honey, and Crisp Apple. Chad Slagle and Keith Mort created a proprietary process that mirrors and accelerates the natural process that occurs when whiskey is aged in wooden barrels. The physical changes in the liquid that typically take years to achieve, they can accomplish in a single working day. While no alcohol is distilled in their 23,000 square foot distillery, they toast and char every bit of wood used. Read more