Smith Bowman Distillery is a Sazerac distillery that hardcore whiskey nerds know of but the average whiskey drinker has probably never even heard of. Smith Bowman Cask Strength Virginia Straight Bourbon Whiskey - Taste 11 Sazerac Company
It’s a tough gig but someone has to do it. Add in styles, proofs, single barrels, regions, age statements, and limited releases and… did we mention it’s a lot? Fear not, that’s why we’re here - to help you sift through it all by tasting as much as we can and letting you know what rises to the top. But we certainly understand if it all feels overwhelming when you’re strolling the aisles and there are 40 brands lining shelves.Īnd that’s just brands. Especially not in this market - where competition drives quality. We wouldn’t say there’s too much, however. Unearthed after spending 22 long years resting in charred American white oak barrels, tucked away in a corner of the historic Stitzel-Weller rickhouses in Shively, Kentucky.We, um, may have noted this before, but… there’s a lot of bourbon on the shelf right now.
#ORPHAN BARREL BOURBON ARCHIVE#
The Orphan Barrel Archive Collection features six variants of bottlings from the larger pool of whiskeys, some of which have come and gone already in the market.