A couple weeks back we found a very interesting note in our mail box. It was carried the signature of Bill Samuels, who we had interviewed in December. The note begins, “Kevin- As a respected whiskey critic….” Well, right there heContinue reading2/2010 News from Maker’s Mark
It is 10:21 AM in Clermont, Kentucky, a sparsely populated non-town 27 miles southeast of Louisville, and I am sipping 135 proof bourbon fresh from the still. It is water-clear, and tastes of sweet corn and spicy rye. When IContinue reading10/2008 The Kentucky Bourbon Festival
A few weeks back, we got a grumpy e-mail from a reader about a review we wrote about eight years ago (see below). He groused that our 3.75 star rating was too high, that MAKER’S MARK tasted like “kerosene” andContinue readingMaker’s Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky