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: Not Your Fathers Bourbon
Not Your Fathers Bourbon is the first in a new line of spirits made by Small Town Craft Spirits in Monroe Wisconsin. This is Pabst Brewing Companies first foray in the spirits business. Constellations Brands, AB-Inbev, and Rogue Ales and Spirits have already produced both brewed and distilled products. Not Your Fathers Bourbon is distilled at the Minhas Distillery in Monroe Wisconsin. Madagascar vanilla and natural flavors are blended before bottling at 86 proof. Tim Kovacs the founder of Small Town Brewery, the company behind Not Your Fathers Root Beer was not involved in the creation on this bourbon. Not Your Fathers Bourbon is currently available in Illinois and Wisconsin. National distribution will follow this spring. Read more
Review: Trails End Bourbon
Trails End Bourbon is an ultra premium Kentucky straight bourbon aged for 8 years. The bourbon travels to Hood River Distillers in Hood River Oregon, where it is steeped with Oregon oak staves in stainless steel vats. Pure glacier fed spring water from Mt. Hood is blended to reduce to 90 proof. Hood River Distillers produces several brands including Pendleton Whisky, 44 North Vodka and Lucid Absinthe. Trails End is named for the final destination of the famous Oregon Trail which is located near Hood River Distillers. In 1803 President Thomas Jefferson commissioned Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to map a path from the Missouri River in Missouri to Oregon. The two traveled to Oregon and back between 1804-1806 mapping the return journey which they found more direct. Read more