George Santos is gone but not forgotten. On Friday the House’s most noted fabulist was formally expelled by his colleagues after nearly a year in office. His crimes? Where to start? He didn’t go out quietly. Ahead of the fateful vote, Santos started railing against his Republican colleagues, one of whom he called a “p*ssy.” After he was booted, he went on a late night tear promising revenge.
Let’s talk about hypocrisy.
Can someone ask Nicole MalioStockTips when did she become a savant in stock trading?
The signature bank trades she did REEKS of insider trading much like Paul Pelosi’s every trade!
Per Mediate, Santos started with Nicole Malliotakis, one of eight former fellow New York Republican representatives who voted against him.
“Let’s talk about hypocrisy,” Santos tweeted. “Can someone ask Nicole MalioStockTips when did she become a savant in stock trading? The signature bank trades she did REEKS of insider trading much like Paul Pelosi’s every trade! Nicole is in it for herself! Just look at her record and it speaks for itself.
Santos called Malliotakis a “dirty dishonorable swamp creature selling the American people down a river for her own benefit.” He said the
“difference between you and I is that I don’t live in denial, I’m a PROUD GAY man and I’m not afraid to say it.”
Santos swore that on Monday he would file a formal complaint with the House Ethics committee. He was just getting warmed up. He vowed to do the same to another Republican New York representative, Mike Lawler, who he accused of money laundering.
On Monday I will be filling an Ethics complaint against @RepMikeLawler for questionable campaign finance violations.
Congressman Lawler owns portion of Checkmate Strategies and he uses the same firm that he is a beneficiary of to pay for services related to his campaign.
And then there’s Nick LaLota, who Santos claimed had stolen public funds from New York taxpayers.
On Monday the 3rd ethics report I’ll be submitting to the Office of Congressional Ethics is on @RepLaLota.
It has been raised in the local media that congressman Lalota obtained his JD attending Hofstra in day school while he was supposed to be working at the Board of elections…
And then Santos came for Democratic representative Rob Menendez, son of Senator Bob Menendez, who himself was charged earlier this fall with taking bribes from Egypt.
Mondays 4th Ethics report will be filled on Congressman Menendez (not to be confused with the senator).
While congressman Menedez has not been invoked by the diligent investigation of the DOJ into his father, there remains a question of what did he know and when did he know it,…
Santos also demanded that someone, anyone have the “testicular fortitude” to expel Democrat Jamaal Bowman over setting off a fire alarm, which he’s claimed was an accident.
Let’s see who will be the Republican that will have the testicular fortitude to pick up my privileged motion to expel Bowman and reintroduce it! #ExpelBowman
Content Warning: This story discusses pregnancy loss details that may be uncomfortable for some readers.
Losing a pregnancy is not something anyone can prepare for. There’s no course you can take to tell you what to expect, how you’ll feel or what to do after the miscarriage occurs. It’s not something that’s widely talked about, even in conversations about miscarriage.
About 1 in 4 pregnancies end in miscarriage in the first trimester and 1 in 5 in the second, according to the March of Dimes. Many women who reveal they’ve lost a pregnancy talk about how difficult it was emotionally, but they rarely talk about the lack of information from medical professionals or the details of the process of miscarrying. It makes sense because it’s hard enough to discuss pregnancy loss, and to go into detail may be much worse on their mental health.
There also may be a level of shame attached to the process, partly because the topic of miscarriage is still taboo but also because many at-home miscarriages happen in the toilet. It’s an uncomfortable truth that haunts people who have experienced the process. But the truth of the matter is, hospitals don’t usually admit you for a miscarriage; they send you home with little to no instructions on what to do after it happens. So to people who have experienced the pain of a miscarriage at home, it makes sense that a woman in Ohio, currently on trial for “abuse of a corpse” would have no idea what to do after miscarrying.
Brittany Watts, 33, of Warren, Ohio, went to the hospital twice concerning her unborn baby. She was informed that she was miscarrying and her baby was not viable. She was presumably sent home to miscarry, like many other miscarrying mothers. The fetus was only 22 weeks gestation when Watts miscarried into the toilet after her water broke, and when she flushed the remains clogged the pipes. A forensic pathologist testified that an autopsy found that the fetus was not injured, and that it had died before passing through the birth canal. Instead of being able to grieve, Watts was arrested.
But there’s not much information available in America on what to do if you miscarry at home. In the UK, the NHS sends miscarrying mothers home with a leaflet that gives some basic options on how to handle the process.
“If you miscarry at home you are very likely to pass the remains of your pregnancy into the toilet. You may look at what has come away and see a pregnancy sac and/or a very early baby (we call this a fetus) – or something you think might a be a fetus. If you complete your miscarriage at home you have no obligation to dispose of the pregnancy remains in any particular way,” the NHS writes.
“You might want to simply flush the toilet – many people do that automatically. If you prefer to dispose of the remains the way you normally dispose of sanitary waste this is a personal choice and there are no regulations to prevent you doing whatever feels right for you. Or you may want to remove the remains for a closer look. That’s natural too. If you know that you do not want to flush the remains of your pregnancy you may wish to place a bowl into the toilet.”
I’m struggling to comprehend the ignorance of policy makers about what happens during pregnancy/miscarriage.
Yesterday I learned that they didn’t know that you usually miscarry into a toilet. They didn’t know that your medical team sends you home to miscarry.
Being in the position of losing a pregnancy and everything that comes with it, people forget the shock aspect of it all. There are people who pass out from pain and those who pass out from the sight of blood, both of which are often present with miscarriages. But the question remains, what are people going through this experience supposed to do if they’re sent home from the hospital or miscarry without warning at home?
A woman who uses the screen name Mamacita Sanchez took to X (formerly Twitter) to express her shock and frustration at elected officials.
“I’m struggling to comprehend the ignorance of policy makers about what happens during pregnancy/miscarriage. Yesterday I learned that they didn’t know that you usually miscarry into a toilet. They didn’t know that your medical team sends you home to miscarry,” she starts her thread.
“They don’t know the difference between Plan B and meds used to manage miscarriages. They don’t know the difference between zygote/embryo/fetus. They don’t know a miscarriage is called an “abortion” on a woman’s medical chart.”
Sanchez’s thread goes on to highlight the dangers of pregnancy and miscarriages with women chiming in revealing their own experience with miscarriage and their fears.
“I got sent home after they determined there was no heart beat to have my miscarriage at home. Lots of clots and lumps of tissue. No telling what in all that was what. Where is it supposed to go if not the toilet? So. Much. Blood. Such sadness. Heart ache. Agony,” one woman replies.
“Exactly! I was given the pill when my body didn’t take care of things on its own and spent the next day feeling like I was dying while my boss texted me over and over again on how to do my tasks. Farthest I got from the restroom was the bed,” someone reveals.
“I’ve been saying the same. Policy-makers, and too many journalists, do not understand the medical details of pregnancy complications, not to mention the emotional distress that comes with it,” another woman explains.
Maybe it’s time for lawmakers to start listening to the people who have gone through these situations and the medical professionals that see them. The physical and emotional toll miscarriage takes on a person can be unimaginable, so a little grace and understanding goes a long way.
There have been a number of really disrespectful blocks — and, by extension, really disrespectful block celebrations — in the years since Dr. James put some peach baskets up on a wall. In all that time, we have never seen anything quite like what happened in an Overtime Elite game between RWE and Cold Hearts on Friday night, which has me (to use an official term) honking like a goose.
Daquan Davis, a guard for RWE who is a 4-star prospect in the class of 2024, drove to the rim and attempted to score through contact by Cold Hearts big man Peyton Marshall, who is also a 4-star and is heading to Missouri next year. Marshall is nearly a foot taller than Davis, so he was just able to overwhelm him and block his shot into the floor. And then, one of the funniest things that I have ever seen on a basketball court happened.
I ain’t ever see this typa disrespect before @nlmbpeyton@GMC
There is no reason to do anything other than get the ball to a guard and go down the floor with a man advantage. Well, lemme correct that: There is one reason, and that is to be hilariously disrespectful to a player on the other team. It’s also a good way to get a turnover in that player’s stat sheet, because this does, indeed, go down as a turnover by Davis.
As for how the game went, Cold Hearts went on to win, 92-90.
The publication had obtained the filing from plaintiff Carlos Christian, where he claimed that Lil Wayne pointed the gun at him “as a threat” and then punched him in the ear “while waving around the semiautomatic rifle.”
“It reasonably appeared to plaintiff that (Lil Wayne) was about to carry out the threat,” the paperwork reportedly read, citing that the incident took place at Lil Wayne’s house. “Plaintiff suffered severe emotional distress, requiring him to seek mental health treatment for Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) stemming directly from this incident.”
As for what started it, TMZ reportedly claimed at the time back in 2021 that the fight began as Lil Wayne accused Christian of leaking photos to the media.
Christian is also seeking “compensatory and punitive damages” as he noted that he had medical bills and expenses due to the alleged assault. The damages he is seeking include the fact he lost “wages and earning capacity” as well.
Neither Christian’s lawyer nor Lil Wayne’s team returned Rolling Stone‘s request for comment on the matter.
Taylor Swift is continuing her wildly massive reign this year, as she has reportedly made over $100 million through her earnings on Spotify. The pop star’s 26.1 billion global streams not only have earned her the distinction of the Top Global Artist on Spotify’s Wrapped statistics but also a massive paycheck, according to Billboard‘s calculations for the streaming service’s royalty payment system.
In total, when entering Swift’s number of global streams, the publication estimated that she would earn $97 million for them — with an added bit for the rest of December. (Spotify stopped counting early to drop their annual Wrapped feature, but Swift would still be making money on streams through the end of the year.)
The number of Swift’s Spotify earnings would be even higher when other aspects like “publishing revenue” are factored in, making them list her actual 2023 paycheck estimation at $131 million. Most of this would also go to her directly, as she owns most of her masters — and is in the process of re-recording two more of her original albums to regain control and sole ownership.
This news comes just a few days after the company announced that they would be adjusting the rules of their royalty system, with the hopes of preventing fraudulent streaming inflation.
Dionne Warwick recently paid Kelly Clarkson a visit on her talk show, where the two musicians praised one another. During the discussion, Warwick opened up about how she found out that Doja Cat had sampled her song, “Walk On By,” for the latter’s Scarlet single, “Paint The Town Red.”
As it turns out, Doja didn’t need permission for the sample — so Warwick found out through a sweet story about her granddaughter.
“I didn’t know it had been recorded by her,” she said. “My granddaughter called me and says, ‘Grammy, do you know you’re on a record with Doja Cat?’ I said, ‘Doja who?’”
“Well, apparently, it’s a major hit for her,” Warwick added.
Clarkson then confirmed how much of a hit that Doja’s “Paint The Town Red” is, “Oh no no, it’s huge.”
“I’m thrilled,” Warwick continued. “I hope ‘Walk On By’ is as good for her as it has been for me… They’re great songs, and finally [the kids are] being exposed to some good music.”
Back in 1964, Warwick’s “Walk On By” had reached No. 6 on the Billboard Hot 100. Decades later, Doja Cat earned her first solo No. 1 hit by incorporating it into “Paint The Town Red.”
Check out the clip of Dionne Warwick talking about Doja sampling her above.
Cher made a recent appearance on the viral interview series, Chicken Shop Date, despite somehow not actually liking chicken. During her conversation with the show’s host, Amelia Dimoldenberg, the pop icon was surrounded by all the energies of the food — as they literally held the talk in a chicken shop in the UK.
The reveal hilariously started when the host thanked Cher for being there with her in the chicken shop. “I’m happy to,” Cher started, before quickly correcting herself. “Well, I’m not actually happy to be here, but I’m actually happy to join you.”
Toward the end, Dimoldenberg decided to dig deeper into why Cher didn’t like the spot.
“Do you like chicken nuggets?” Dimoldenberg asked.
“Not at all,” Cher quickly replied. “I have been inundated.”
According to Rolling Stone, she chickened out and didn’t eat a single piece during their chat. She also wasn’t a big fan of the fries either, saying that she thought they “were sh*t” in the video’s intro.
Throughout the rest of the discussion, Cher described that her secret to not having her heart broken that much was because she’s “cute.” She also answered what period of her life she would want to travel back in time for.
“I would go back to when I was forty,” Cher shared. “It was pretty good. I had fabulous boyfriends.”
Check out Cher’s interesting Chicken Shop Date above.
Empress Of returned today with a brand new song, “Femenine,” featured on her suspected upcoming studio album. The pop star sings entirely in Spanish, as she details her hopes for an ideal relationship. Backed by an electronic dance beat, she builds up an addictive tension.
“A Latino who dances for me and only for me,” Empress Of details, according to a translated English version. “He cooked me, he paraded me, he took me to the movies / I want it for me and only for me.”
The video, which was directed by Ryan Heffington, finds him pulling inspiration from his work on Euphoria. At various points, she is covered in blue and pink lighting, as she is joined by the backup dancers at a house party — who are moving perfectly timed to the instrumental.
“Was a dream to work with Ryan,” Empress Of shared in a statement. “No one moves like him and no one sees through a camera like him. Legend is an understatement and I loved working in this fever dream fantasy with him.”
Earlier this year, she dropped the “Kiss Me” collaboration with Rina Sawayama. She also has stayed busy, opening for Carly Rae Jepsen on her So Nice Tour in the fall of 2022.
You have a 50% chance of surviving a fall of 48 feet, roughly equaling a 4-story building. The mortality rate rushes all the way up to 90% when you fall 84 feet, the distance of a 7-story building.
So if you’re falling from a whopping 14,500 feet, just over two-and-a-half miles, you can safely bet that you’re most definitely not getting out alive.
But one woman did. And that’s not even the wildest part of her story.
In 1999, a woman and skydiving enthusiast named Joan Murray, 47, had traveled to North Carolina to embark upon her 37th free-fall, with the purpose of testing out new equipment.
In 1999, skydiver Joan Murray’s parachute malfunctioned, causing her to fall 14,500 feet.
Her backup parachute opened at 700 feet, but it quickly deflated and she continued to plummet towards the ground at 80 miles per hour.
After carefully packing and prepping, Murray made her jump. Only when she pulled the cord for her parachute, nothing happened. There she was, hurtling towards the Earth at 80 mph.
According to a Star News article reporting the incident, Murray was finally able to release her emergency chute at 700 feet, but that only “swung her out of control.”
In a display of cosmic irony, Murray eventually slammed into the ground onto a live mound of fire ants. You can’t make this stuff up.
But incredibly, Murray survived the fall. Most of her bones were shattered, her teeth fillings flew out, her face was severely bitten by ants and she fell into a coma for two weeks…but she survived. As for how she survived such a harrowing fall, her doctor simply wrote “miracle” on her file.
And while Murray’s survival is no doubt miraculous, evidence suggests that those fire ants were the little angels behind it.
TIL: On Sept 25, 1999, American skydiver Joan Murray fell 4400 m when her chute failed and landed on a mound of fire ants. Doctors said the >200 stings she received caused an adrenaline surge that kept her heart beating. She survived after 20 surgeries and 17 blood transfusions. pic.twitter.com/0V63ePZyOg
Murray had remained conscious after her fall (yikes) and reported that she could feel the burning sensation of the army of ants stinging her. Eventually, it was the unbearable pain of the stings, not the insane fall, that made her pass out.
When paramedics arrived on the scene, they saw Murray completely covered in hundreds of thousands of fire ants—and around 200 stings on her body. It was believed that the venom from their stings not only shocked her heart (thus keeping it beating) but caused her body to produce more adrenaline until help came.
Perhaps the most unbelievable part of this story is that Murray actually skydived again only two years after this disaster. She also turned down an offer to retire with disability from her job and Bank of America and continued her banking career that extended over 20 years.
Though Murray passed away in May of 2022, she is still remembered not only for her amazing survival, but her optimistic outlook on life.
As she shared with “People” following the accident, “Sometimes we take life for granted. I truly have fun putting my shoes on in the morning.”
May we all find a way to find the same positivity…perhaps without the fire ants.
Every year, the Sazerac Company releases a new set of Pappy bottles from their iconic Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Kentucky. The whiskeys quietly drop in the late fall so that they can hit shelves just in time for very lucky holiday shoppers and drinkers. But most of these bottles will not see the light of day until early 2024 in various liquor store lotteries. That said, they’ve been shipped and the new 2023 Pappy Van Winkle whiskeys ~are in the wind.~
Since we are talking about such elusive whiskeys (five wheated bourbons and one rye whiskey), I thought I’d give y’all a head start on which bottles you should be dreaming about buying right now. Because, well, all things are not equal when talking about the different expressions of Pappy. Some are always better, sharper, and just more enjoyable than others, and every year there are small nuances that push some bottles higher in the rankings and some lower.
Before we dive in and I rank these beautiful whiskeys, let’s get the painful stuff out of the way:
Those prices range from $69 to $299 depending on age.
The vast majority of us will have to pay a retail premium that will range from $600 to $5,000.
You will be able to find these pours in very elite bars and restaurants. Expect to pay $100-$250 per ounce/pour in that case.
Look, I get it. It’s a ludicrous amount to pay for a mere whiskey. The thing is, this isn’t just “mere” whiskey. This is a super elite and super rare product that’s released once a year in small quantities. Taking a 20,000-foot view of this, it’s really no different than spending on elite Rolexes, Air Jordans, or sports cars. Unfettered capitalism is always going to do its thing, and bourbon isn’t magically protected from it.
So… knowing full well that some of us might be priced out of this convo… Let’s talk about what’s in those bottles!
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This expression spends 23 years resting in new American oak, partially at the Stitzel-Weller Distillery and partially at Buffalo Trace. Not every one of those Stitzel-Weller barrels makes the final cut but most do. Only the “honey barrels” — the best of the best — are selected for marrying, proofing, and bottling for this very limited release.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose opens in a fresh apple orchard on a sunny day fall with tart apples handing low and taking on a hint of fermentation next to a jar of dark cherry spiced with cinnamon bark and cedar, old sheets of leather, and a hint of vanilla pudding powder mixed with dark and waxy cacao nibs.
Palate: The palate leans into the bitterness and waxiness of those cacao nibs while layering old and dry tobacco leaves, shards of nut brittle, woody cinnamon sticks soaked in apple cider, and a mix of dried cherries, figs, and dated mashed into tobacco and cedar bark and buried in rich black potting soil.
Finish: The end leans into that old leather, musty wood, and dirt with a sense of old cellars and cobwebs cinnamon bark, and, well, dirt.
Bottom Line:
This is the most “acquired taste” Pappy in the lineup. I don’t really have anything against this one but none of us can deny that it’s not very oaked, dry, and earthy (leaning musty/dirty). It feels tight. It needs water and relaxation. Hence, I like this over a big rock but would never actually choose to drink it if I had my choice of Pappy pours.
5. Van Winkle Special Reserve 12 Years Old Lot “B” Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
This is an interesting wheated bourbon. The “Lot B” moniker means that these barrels were tested at 12 years and marked for “Van Winkle” batching, which means they weren’t going in the right direction to be batched into the “Pappy Van Winkle” line with more aging (which is 15 years and older). In this case, instead of aging further, the barrels are set aside, batched, and cut with that soft Kentucky limestone water to bring them down to a manageable 90.4 proof, then bottled.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose opens with a throughline of a caramel apple with a slightly tart edge, sourdough apple malt doughnuts dusted with cinnamon and brown sugar, and a braid of old dry sweetgrass, cedar bark, worn leather, and dry tobacco leaves.
Palate: The palate adds some walnuts to apple pie filling with a hint of rum-raisin sneaking next to vanilla malts, salted caramel, and a dash of eggnog spice.
Finish: The end leans into the dried fruit and spent vanilla pods with a sweet sense of cinnamon and apple-spiced tobacco leaves folded up with old leather and cedar with a whisper of dark chocolate bitterness behind it all.
Bottom Line:
This is a perfectly nice pour of very tasty bourbon. It’s dialed and classic. You really can’t ask for more. That all said, blow your friends’ minds and make 12 old fashioneds with this bottle. They’ll be some of the best cocktails money can buy.
4. Old Rip Van Winkle 10 Year Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
This is Pappy at 10 years old, but not “technically” Pappy (this is still a “Van Winkle” expression, which is the minor end of the line). Semantics aside, this is the same wheated bourbon as the rest that hits its prime at 10 years old, instead of 12 or 15 or 20. The main difference here — besides the younger age — is the proof. This goes into the bottle with only a touch of water, keeping it far closer to barrel-proof at 107 proof.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose opens with a sense of rum-raisin folded into a honey-nut creamy fudge cluster with pecans and walnuts and dusted with powdered sugar, sweet cinnamon, and orange zest.
Palate: The palate leans into salted caramel with vanilla cream next to stewed apples with maple doughnut frosting and a twinge of old dates soaked in black tea.
Finish: The end has a moment of black pepperiness before heading toward woody winter spices, old piles of orchard wood with a hint of black mold, and soft leaves of chewy tobacco laced with dark chocolate, salted caramel, and marzipan.
Bottom Line:
This is shockingly sippable, especially given that this is considered the bottom of the Pappy pack. I’d argue that this is far more accessible than the 23-year and goes that little bit deeper than the “Lot B” to help make it pop on the senses. Long story short, don’t sleep on Old Rip 10!
3. Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 20 Years Old
This is the Pappy that made “Pappy” what it is today. The wheated bourbon rests for 20 long years in Buffalo Trace warehouses without any meddling. The barrels that actually make it to the 20-year mark are batched and that juice is then proofed down before bottling.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Moist and spicy Christmas cake brims with walnuts and pecans, dried fruit and candied fruits, and dark molasses sweetness next to woody cinnamon bark, clove berries, star anise, and a hint of salted black licorice as soft woody maple syrup hint at a sourdough pancake griddled with brown butter on the nose.
Palate: The palate adds a sweet sense of vanilla creaminess with soft apple pie filling before heavily roasted chocolate-covered espresso beans pop in with a touch of bitter orange.
Finish: The end combines all of that toward an old tobacco pipe that’s burnt a century’s worth of rich tobacco flavored with all of the above before a layer of warming oak and cellar floor sneaks in, creating a dynamic layer of age and wood.
Bottom Line:
Okay, this is where we get into the splitting hairs section of the ranking. You 100% feel the woody age on this — especially at the end — but it’s layered well with everything that makes this a classic American whiskey (sweetness, fruits, spice, nutty chocolate, etc.).
This is an essential neat pour bourbon. Still (I can’t help myself), if you want a crazy good Manhattan, use this.
2. Van Winkle Family Reserve Rye 13 Years Old Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey
This is the only non-bourbon whiskey in the Van Winkle line. While we don’t know the exact mash bill, Buffalo Trace does use a rye mash bill that’s very low-rye (how low we’ll never know, but it’s way closer to 51% … I heard somewhere). Either way, the whiskey is then barreled and allowed to mellow for 13 years before batching, proofing, and bottling.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: Imagine old rye crusts with a hint of caraway spiked with red peppercorns next to rich salted caramel apples and plenty of Christmas spices layered into a sticky toffee pudding all wrapped up in old worn leather with hints of fatty nuts and dried fruits on the nose.
Palate: The pepperiness mellows quickly as powdery white pepper leads to a soft vanilla cream pie cut with bitter orange zest, dark chocolate flakes, and a hint of salted black licorice.
Finish: The end pops with sharp anise and clove next to a fleeting sense of mint chocolate chip tobacco folded up with that old leather and plenty of soft cedar.
Bottom Line:
This stuff is magical. It’s like taking a walk through an old-world bakery that’s been turning out rye bread every morning for centuries and then distilling that down into sweet Kentucky whiskey. This is truly on the the best Kentucky rye whiskeys out there. It also makes a killer Sazerac. Just sayin’.
1. Pappy Van Winkle’s Family Reserve Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 15 Years Old
This is where the “Pappy Van Winkle” line peaks. The wheated bourbon in this expression is pulled from barrels that are at least 15 years old. Once batched, the whiskey is just touched with water to bring it down to a sturdy 107-proof.
Tasting Notes:
Nose: The nose opens with freshly fried sourdough fritters dusted with ground almonds, sharp cinnamon, cloves, orange zest, burnt sugars, and maple frosting with a hint of old vanilla pods next to soft figs.
Palate: The palate leans into rich toffee with a sense of minced meat pies covered in powdered sugar frosting right next to sticky toffee pudding with salted caramel, orange zest, and tons of brown wintry spice countered by a moment of sour mulled red wine cut with dark maple syrup.
Finish: The end has a soft cedar vibe that leads to vanilla and dark cherry tobacco leaves and a hint of pine next to old white moss.
Bottom Line:
This is perfectly balanced Kentucky bourbon. It’s amazingly sippable, rewarding, and never feels like homework (looking at you Pappy 23). Even in a long year of amazing bourbon releases, this stands out as a truly amazing bottle of bourbon. It’s 100% worth the hype.
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