Join me as I explore Ranger Creeks Texas Bourbon.

Exploring a Texas Smoked Single malt made grain to glass in Blanco, Texas. Smoked with Mesquite, oak, and applewood, it is Texas BBQ in a glass.

Distilled in Tennessee | Doc Swinson's Straight Bourbon Whiskey Finished in a Sherry Cask | Bottled in Washington | $* | 90 proof | 12 years | 84% corn, 8% rye, and 8% malted barley.

The light amber color does not say you are about to sip a 12-year bourbon.

Jack Daniel's Distillery | Eric Church Single Barrel Select | Lynchburg, TN | $129.99.00* | 94 proof | NAS (at least 4 years old) | 80% corn, 8% rye, and 12% malted barley.

Is that the more I sip on this whiskey, the more I like it. The notes I picked up recording the video are different than they are writing this blog. I am starting to pick up on the complexities of the whiskey.

Willett Distillery | Straight Rye Whiskey | Bardstown, KY | $55.00* | 106.6 proof | 4 years | Mashbill is unknown

The mystique is unraveled with hints of vanilla and cinnamon. Touches of oak fade in and out. Vanilla and dark chocolate come out in the taste before a short spice finish.

Auchentoshan Distillery | American Oak | Scotland | $35.00* | 80 proof | No Age Statemen | 100% malted barley

Do not let the straw-like color fool you; this 80 proof stirs vanilla and dark fruits in the first whiffs.

Sourced for Oak & Eden | Bourbon & Vine | $54.99* | 90 proof | At least 3 years old | 60% corn, 36% rye, and 4% barley | Cabernet French oak steeped spire

The red wine jumps out with subtle traces of vanilla, chocolate, and leather.

Brown-Forman | Early Times Bottled In Bond | Kentucky | $20.99* | 100 proof | At least 4 years old | 79% corn, 11% rye, and 10% barley

Approachable in taste and wallet. This is a bourbon that can be an everyday drinker that you're proud to share with your friends.

Midleton Distillery | Jameson 18 year Bow Street Cask Strength | Ireland | $159.00* | 110 proof | 18 years old | Pot Still + Grain Whiskey

Jameson 18-year-old bow street cask strength is a homage to their origins. The whiskey is a golden straw color that entices your nose with hints of sugar cookie, vanilla, and spice touch.

Whiskey Acres | Straight Rye Whiskey | Illinois | $45.00* | 87 proof | 75% rye & 25% corn

These are my tasting notes for Whiskey Acres straight rye whiskey on this particular day. The estate whiskey is located in Dekalb, IL. The distillery is home to a farm ran by 5th generation farmers.

Tasting note #5 - I share my thoughts on Jim Beam's bottled in bond bourbon and what the hell does bottled in bond even mean. A well-rounded bourbon at a friendly price point.

My tasting notes or whiskey review of Teeling Whiskey's Single Malt. A 100% malted barley Irish Whiskey. They use five wine casks for maturation (sherry, port, Madeira, white burgundy, and cabernet sauvignon). The combination of barrels creates a fruit-forward whiskey on the nose. The whiskey has fruits, oak tannins, and a little spice through the taste and final finish of a cooling fruity sweetness.

This week I explore the Japanese whisky, Nikka Coffey Grain Whisky. The whiskey review shares what the Nikka Coffey Grain Whisky tastes like. A grain whisky using 95% corn and 5% malted barley.

Welcome back. This week, I explore el whiskey de Mexico called Abasolo. Abasolo is a hundred percent ancestral corn whiskey. The ancestral corn strain is called Cacahuazintle and a unique 4,000-year-old process called nixtamalization. Abasolo whiskey has an earthy sweetness that reminded me of tequila, without the agave.

I share my notes on Old Forester 1920.