Hazmat bourbon is rare, and 31-year-old bourbon is even rarer. The new Stitzel Reserve checks both of those boxes, but how does it taste?

The Making of a 'Hazmat Whiskey' Given its potency, the expression is a so-called “hazmat whiskey.” The term, though not an official one, has become a popular way to denote whiskeys that carry an ABV ...

Hazmat refers to whiskey that is bottled at over 140 proof, or 70 percent ABV, which is obviously really, really strong. Cowboy Bourbon is uncut, unfiltered, and aged for eight years in the dry Texas ...

In the ‘80s, when I first became aware of American whiskey (but was too young to drink it, at least technically), the popular trend among the lion’s share of brands was to water down the stuff in your ...

Most bourbons tend to hover somewhere between 80 proof and 100 proof. Hazmat is a term whiskey nerds use to describe a unique class of potent bourbons bottled at 140 proof or higher. If the slang is ...

Elijah Craig Barrel Proof is the cask-strength version of the distillery’s core Elijah Craig bourbon. It is made from a mashbill of 78 percent corn, 12 percent malted barley, and 10 percent rye, but ...