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2026-16: RY3 American Light Whiskey, 14 year, SiB, Baseline Liquor pick, 131.2°

Appearance: Apple juice orange/gold

Nose: orange drink, canned peach syrup, there’s ethanol but nothing nose singeing, some very soft, gauzy vanilla, kettle corn caramel

Palate: Sweet & syrupy peach cobbler, Cracker Jacks, charred marshmallow, Ceylon cinnamon, crème anglais. For 131.2° it sure sips easy.

Finish: This is where the age showed up. The finish lingers longer than some of the higher proof ALW that I’ve had. I’ve been on a runner with some real hazmat expressions and they seem to flash away. At this lower proof point (seems funny to call 131 and change low, but in this category it seems to be the case) the flavors continue to develop from the sweetness of the baked fruit down to the darker notes that undergirded the palate.

This is a great summer whiskey. It’s like sticking your nose in the stem end of ripe peach. It would be a perfect bottle to pass around a fire on the beach. It has a brightness that belies its age statement. Gotta say, one of the easier to enjoy American Light Whiskeys I’ve had in a minute. Nice job u/JoshTylerClarke

Promos run Wednesday through Sunday every week (or until stock runs out). See you soon!

- Beer O'Clock

14 years old. 131.2 proof.

Both were so good, hadn’t had either before. Also tried Eagle Rare 12 for the first time but it didn’t make the photo. Their selection and prices are both impressive.

Angels Envy! Not Eagle rare!

Any ideas on how good these are and is the price point worth it?

We’ve had some awesome Friday drops before, it this is a pretty exciting collection of bottles. I had the RC and the Commander’s Club on my visit to Kentucky and was stoked to have them turn up here.

I’ve been on a Maker’s kick for a bit so I’m looking forward to trying the newest Wood Finishing Series, “The Stewards”. I really need to track down pours of the first one. If anyone sees it around town give me a shout, would ya?

Shenk’s, Bomberger’s, WFP and, last but not least the Evan Williams 250th Commemorative Ed, 7 year SiB 117.76°. This is a fantastic value in the mid-$40s if you can track one down.

Hope to see ya soon!

Didn't see any previous mention, but the Fraternal Twins shipped out today.

Today throught Sunday!! Beer O'Clock

Jack Daniel’s 14 Year, Batch 02 117.6°

We got this bottle in Thursday afternoon and I was surprised to see any left when I got here on Wednesday after my weekend. I poured a couple ounces for folks who stopped in and there was just enough left to taste, but not to sell. Poor, poor, pitiful me.

Color: dark, burnished copper fading to orange tootsie pop at the shallows. (Is rim variation an indicator of age like it is in wine?)

Nose: Black Forest gateau, dark chocolate covered dried cherries, toasted coconut, hint of char, light sweet tobacco. Everything is coated in dark sweet aromas. It reminds me that the words for decadent and decay are kissing cousins and have their root in something that has been buried away. This smells old, like opening an abandoned library.

Palate: the nose didn’t lie. Loads of cherry, chocolate, and buttercream drape over other flavors like charred, polished oak in the mid-palate, 3 Musketeers nougat, and cigar wrapper.

Finish: surprise… it’s cherry! This time like a syrup or reduction, a stab of rye spice, a touch of caramel, but then an assertive, but not overly tannic, leather wrapped oakiness that sharpens the focus as it fades away.

This whiskey never, ever felt like it was almost 118°. Incredibly balanced, poised, integrated, and purposeful. This is one of those whiskeys that evokes the poignant nature of our hobby. Sometimes you get to taste something truly extraordinary, but you know it’s a one and done sort of deal. So you absolutely wring every bit of experiential perception you can out of the moment. Ephemeral, but memorable.