Craft Bourbon Hunter

10/06/2026

When you are in Kentucky and you have a great haul.

10/03/2026

Mission Control - High Bank Distillery coming to Ohio Liquor (OHLQ) this October.

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09/25/2026

Pours are now available at Creekside Restaurant

Don’t miss out as less than 20 bottles of each at still available. Let me know if you are interested.

09/20/2026

Proud moment. Her first ever sparring tournament. A gold metal and first place trophy in her belt division for board breaking.

09/18/2026

NEO Bourbon Community has become something pretty special, and a huge part of that success comes from the members who continue to show up, participate, and support the people behind the wh***ey. 🥃

Our monthly virtual tastings have given NEO members the opportunity to sit down with distillers, blenders, founders, and brand representatives, hear their stories firsthand, ask questions, and experience their wh***ey together as a community.

Now Craft Bourbon Hunter and NEO Bourbon Community are looking for more distilleries to join us!

If you’re a distillery or wh***ey brand interested in showcasing what you’re doing, sharing your story, and getting your wh***ey in front of an engaged group of enthusiasts, we’d love to have you as part of an upcoming NEO Virtual Tasting.

Great wh***ey. Real conversations. An engaged community.

📩 Distilleries & brands — reach out to Craft Bourbon Hunter if you’re interested in joining us for an upcoming monthly virtual.

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09/15/2026

Our local group NEO Bourbon Community is releasing not one but two High Bank Distillery Wh***ey War picks. One being a Cigar batch and the second being a DoDo.

We are excited to get these out. If you’re interested, let me know.

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09/13/2026

I always love trying new pours and tonight I’m diving into some Swilled Dog that was recently introduced to me.

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09/11/2026

09/06/2026

Enjoying a little Frey Ranch Distillery and a Cohiba Ci**rs this evening

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09/05/2026

🥃 Silverthorn Reserve | The Blender’s Art Series

Tonight’s pour is one that really puts the focus on something I’ve grown to appreciate more and more — the art of blending.

Silverthorn Reserve was created by co-founder and Master Blender Drew Thorn, who spent a decade helping build Sagamore Spirit before setting out to create something intentionally small. Silverthorn focuses on projects that simply wouldn’t make sense at a larger scale — single-barrel curation, custom finishing, and small blending projects typically involving just 2–10 barrels.

Their process is also pretty interesting. Every barrel goes through sensory analysis, and Silverthorn utilizes slow-blending and slow-proofing, allowing a blend to return to the barrels and “marinate” before bottling. Their wh***ey is also non-chill filtered with no added coloring or additives, and every bottle includes detailed composition information.

That brings us to this 10-Year, 115 Proof release from The Blender’s Art Series.

🥃 THE BLEND
▪️ 10% — 14-Year Georgia Wh***ey
▪️ 68% — 10-Year Kentucky Wh***ey
▪️ 22% — 10-Year Indiana Wh***ey

At 115 proof, this blend brings together wh***ey from three different states and lets Drew’s blending do the talking.

👃 NOSE: Maple • Vanilla

🥃 PALATE: Brown Sugar • Caramel • Rye

🔥 FINISH: Medium • Light Oak • Rye

For me, the sweeter maple, vanilla, brown sugar and caramel notes lead the way before the rye starts working its way in. The finish doesn’t overstay its welcome, bringing some light oak and rye spice to close things out.

This is a cool example of why you shouldn’t overlook the blender when talking about the people behind a great wh***ey. Sometimes the individual barrels are only part of the story — what someone can create by bringing them together is where things get really interesting.

Have you had anything from Silverthorn Reserve yet? And when it comes to wh***ey, are you reaching for a great single barrel or a carefully constructed blend?

🥃 Hunt. Review. Share.

Thank you Silverthorn Reserve and Nino Marchetti for the opportunity

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