Daily News | Craig LaBan picks the best whiskeys for the holidays
A red wax-sealed bottle of Maker’s Mark has long been the summer porch sipper in my family. The cask strength version amps the volume on all its signature wheated bourbon flavors — vanilla, orange and spice — with enough balance heat to make it ideal for sipping by a winter fire, too.Until 2020, Old Tub was as a special edition sold only at Jim Beam’s distillery gift shop. But I’m glad it’s been released to the wider public.
This bourbon is twice distilled in Kentucky then distilled again in Virginia, where it ages on charred new oak, resulting in a fruity, floral and custardy rich spirit, with hints of dry spice and peppercorns to keep it interesting.Garrison Brothers Texas Straight Bourbon Boot Flask Leave it to a Texas distillery to bottle bourbon in a flask designed to fit a boot. Garrison Brothers, which grows its own winter wheat and uses its well water, produces a whiskey worth taking on the road. Its brown sugar pecan praline nose segueing into cinnamon-spiced apples and tobacco on the palate. Turns out this handy flask fits a Christmas stocking, too.
New Liberty’s Bloody Butcher bourbon has been a progressive experiment in Pennsylvania whiskey terroir since 2017, using heirloom red corn from Castle Valley Mill and Dancing Star Farms, along with malted rye and barley from Deer Creek Malthouse. Distiller Robert Cassell has now secured the local loop by sourcing Pennsylvania oak barrels, which add extra caramel and nuttiness to the existing flavors of plummy stone fruits, chocolate and spice.
New Liberty Bloody Butcher Cask Strength 100% PA Bourbon, 110.5 proof, 750 ml, $69.99; available at New Liberty’s Kensington tasting room,
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