Review: Stillhouse Peanut Butter Smores Whiskey
Stillhouse Peanut Butter Smores Whiskey was recently released. It joins a flavored whiskey lineup that includes Peach Tea, Apple Crisp, and Spiced Cherry. Stillhouse had previously produced a Red Hot, Coconut, and Mint Chip flavored whiskey. Stillhouse Moonshine was Co-Founded by Brad Beckermann in 2010. In 2014 Bacardi made a minority investment before acquiring the brand in 2019. All of the Stillhouse flavored whiskeys are made from the Stillhouse Original Whiskey base made from a 100% corn whiskey base traditionally distilled in copper pot stills. This one is infused with peanut butter s’mores liqueur. Stillhouse also produces Stillhouse Black Bourbon and Stillhouse Classic Vodka. Read more 
Review: Elvis Midnight Snack
Elvis Midnight Snack is a Peanut Butter, Banana, and Bacon flavored whiskey. It is produced in partnerships with Grain & Barrel Spirits and Elvis Presley Enterprise. Grain & Barrel produces several brands including Chicken Cock Whiskey, Dixie Vodka, Virgil Kane Low Country Whiskey, High Goal Luxury Gin, and Tequila Eterno Verano. Midnight Snack joins Elvis Tiger Man Whiskey, and Elvis The King Straight Rye Whiskey. While the brand claims Elvis’ longtime cook was the first to serve Elvis a Peanut Butter Banana and Bacon sandwich, the story I’ve always heard and research supports is that on February 1 1976 Elvis Presley took his private jet from Graceland to Denver and back in one night because he was craving the 8000 calorie Fools Gold sandwich made by The Colorado Mine Company. The original recipe includes a loaf of French bread, 1 pound of bacon, one jar of creamy peanut butter, and 1 jar of grape jelly. The Colorado Mine Company has since closed, but one can still enjoy The Kings favorite snack at Nicks Cafe in Golden Colorado. Read more
Review: Whiskeysmith Coconut Whiskey
Coconut is one of seven flavored whiskeys bottled for Whiskeysmith Co. a division of Old Elk in Fort Collins Colorado. The other flavors include Banana, Chocolate, Pineapple, Blood Orange, Salted Caramel, and Peach. Each flavor is made from a real American whiskey base. No age statement or source of the whiskey is provided. The whiskey is blended with essence of fruit and candy store extracts and bottled at 60 proof. Read more
Review: Powers Three Swallow Single Pot Still Irish Whiskey
Powers Three Swallow Single Pot Still was released in the US in 2018. It replaced Powers Signature Release which was introduced in the US September 2013. Powers Irish Whiskey has been around since 1791 when James Powers opened the Johns Lane Distillery in Dublin in 1791. Three Swallow was crafted to be a modern expression of what the Original Powers Whiskey tasted like. Single Pot Still whiskey must be made in one distillery with malted and unmalted barley, and that distillery must be in Ireland. Single Pot Still was once the worlds best selling whiskey. Three Swallow is made from a mash of malted and unmalted barley triple distilled in copper pot stills by Irish Distillers at the Middleton Distillery in County Cork Ireland. The whiskey is matured 5-7 years in American Oak Barrel with 3% of the distillate aged in Oloroso Sherry casks. It is non chill filtered before bottling at 86.4 proof. Read more
Review: Magic Rabbit Chocolate and Peanut Butter Whiskey
Magic Rabbit Chocolate and Peanut Butter Whiskey is crafted at Cleveland Whiskey. Yes another peanut butter whiskey, but today is National Peanut Butter Day. Cleveland Whiskey was founded in 2009 by Tom Lix. Tom worked with MAGNET, an incubator in Ohio that focuses on manufacturing companies to developed a process to accelerate the aging process of whiskey. This process starts with sourced whiskey aged six months in charred American oak barrels. The whiskey is put in stainless tanks. The whiskey barrel is cut up, processed, and put into the same tank. The spirit is agitated and undergoes a series of differences in pressure to squeeze in and out of the wood pores. The process is complete in one week. The company has since experimented with a series of different woods to produce unique flavor profiles. Another experiment started with a group that combined chocolate nibs from the Ivory Coast of Africa and the mountains of Peru, vanilla sourced from Papua New Guinea, Mexico, and Madagascar, pecans grown in California and Texas, fresh cream from local dairies, and peanuts for Georgia farms with their sourced whiskey. The result is Magic Rabbit Chocolate and Peanut Butter Whiskey. Read more
Review: Proper Twelve Irish Apple
Proper Twelve Irish Apple was just released. This is not the first apple flavored Irish whiskey. Paddy Devils Apple, a cinnamon apple flavored Irish whiskey, and Mickey Finn Irish Apple were both launched several years ago. Flavored whiskey and Irish Whiskey are two of the fastest growing spirit segments. Jameson has had success with the release of Jameson Cold Brew, and Jameson Orange, and Crown Royal Regal Apple is the worlds second best selling flavored whiskey, only trailing Fireball in yearly depletions. Irish Apple joins the original Proper Twelve Irish Whiskey which launched September 2018 and is already the fourth best selling Irish Whiskey. Connor McGregor worked with Distiller and Master Blender David Elder at The Old Bushmills Distillery in creating Proper Twelve. Connor sampled 100 blends before deciding on the final product. Three years after launching Proper Twelve, Connor and his business partners sold the majority stake to Proximo Spirits for $600 million. Proximo already controlled 49%. Not a bad return on investment. Proper Twelve is made with a sweet Irish grain spirit blended with single malt Irish Whiskey. It is triple distilled and reduced to proof with fresh spring water. Proper Twelve Irish Apple is made with the Proper Twelve whiskey base and natural apple flavors. For every bottle sold a donation is made to first responders around the world. Read more
Review: Texas Ranger Peanut Butter Whiskey
Texas Ranger Peanut Butter Whiskey is crafted at Rebecca Creek Distillery in San Antonio Texas. Rebecca Creek Distillery was founded by Steve Ison October 2009. Enchanted Rock Vodka was the first spirit they released in 2010. They currently produce 6 Enchanted Rock flavored vodka varieties, They also produce Rebecca Creek Whiskey, Texas Ranger 1823 Blended Whiskey and 3 flavored whiskey varieties including Peanut Butter, Coconut Pecan, and Peach. Each of the flavored whiskeys start with the Texas Ranger Blended whiskey base. This base is described as a Canadian style whiskey. It is made from sourced whiskeys blended and reduced to proof with pure limestone filtered Edwards Aquifer water. The whiskey is finished with a proprietary chill filtration process. Natural flavors including real peanuts are blended before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Knucklenoggin Peanut Butter Whiskey
Knucklenoggin Peanut Butter Whiskey is the 31st Peanut Butter flavored whiskey we have reviewed. Every time I think we are catching up, three new peanut butter whiskeys are released. Knucklenoggin Peanut Butter is one of three flavored whiskeys created by Master Distiller Ricardo Gamarra. Knucklenoggin Salted Caramel was first when it was introduced March 2020. Peanut Butter was launched July 2021, and Kettle Corn is the newest flavor. Ricardo Gamarra is probably best known as the Master Distiller behind AsomBroso Tequila. Knucklenoggin Peanut Butter is made from a blend of aged whiskeys carefully selected. Natural Peanut Butter flavors are infused before bottling at 70 proof. Read more
Review: Ole Smoky Amaretto Whiskey
Ole Smoky Amaretto Whiskey is one of 16 flavored whiskies produced at the Ole Smoky Distillery in Gatlinburg Tennessee. Ole Smoky is probably best known for the 32 flavors of Moonshine they produce, but they also produce flavored whiskey and canned cocktails. The other flavored whiskeys include Salty Caramel, Salty Watermelon, Mango Habanero, Tennessee Mud, Cookies & Cream, Cinnamon, Peach, Root Beer, Bourbon Ball, Pumpkin Spice Cream, Cookie Dough, Peanut Butter, Mint Chocolate Chip, Strawberry Lemonade, and Pear. Each of these start with a 100% corn whiskey base that is barrel aged for 2 years. Ole Smoky Amaretto Whiskey is made with a blend of toasted almond and sweet cherry flavor and their corn whiskey base. While their other flavored whiskeys are bottled at 60 proof, and the Ole Smoky whiskey creams 70 proof, Ole Smoky Amaretto weighs in at 56 proof. Read more
Review: Dough Ball Cookie Dough Whiskey
Dough Ball Cookie Dough Whiskey was launched by a family owned beverage company August 2021. It was inspired by their favorite things cookies, whiskey, and a chubby Bulldog, named Doughball. While I prefer my chocolate chip cookies warm out of the oven, edible cookie dough has become an actual food category. It has been several years since some of the biggest names in flavored whiskey including Jim Beam, Jack Daniels, and Crown Royal have released a new flavored whiskey, smaller and independent brands continue to develop new flavors. There are several flavored whiskey’s I will never sample including Pickled Herring Whisky, Snake Whisky, and Reindeer Horn Whiskey. Yes those are real whiskey flavors. Cookie Dough flavored whiskey I’ll try. Read more