The list that follows is a love letter to American whiskey. Now it isn't nice to brag, but it's a long walk from our front door to the nearest collection like this, so you should probably have one for the road. But which one? Our second favorite thing to do with whiskey is share it, so whether you're after a trusted favorite, something new and daring, or a pour that is rare and sublime, we can help. About that last type of pour—the kind that's so good it turns fine upstanding folks into whiskey-crazed fanatics like us (if you've ever crossed state lines just for a bottle, you know what we mean). This list often includes bottles we may never see again, and many we don't see as often as we'd like. So if we've recently polished off the one you've been hunting for, we feel your pain, and we've got something for it. (It's whiskey.)
Bourbon & Rye
Bourbon whiskey must be produced in the U.S. and distilled from mash containing at least 51% corn then aged in new charred American oak barrels. To be designated "straight" it must age for a minimum of 2 years and contain no additives or coloring. We offer only straight whiskey. Rye Whiskey can be called the first true American whiskey; distilled from 51% or more rye mash, though other grains can be added and aged in new charred American oak barrels for a minimum of 2 years
Four Roses
(house favorite) Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
Four Roses Yellow Label (80˚)
Four Roses Al Young 50th Anniversary (109.98˚)
Four Roses Small Batch (90˚)
Four Roses Single Barrel (100˚)
Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition 2016 (101.2˚)
Four Roses Small Batch Limited Edition 2017 (108˚)
Four Roses Single Barrel Ravens Club House Selected [OBSF] (117˚)
Four Roses Single Barrel Greater Detroit USBG Selected [OBSO] (116˚)
Heaven Hill
Bardstown/Louisville, Kentucky
Evan Williams Black Label (86˚)
Evan Williams Single Barrel (86.6˚)
Larceny (92˚)
Fighting Cock (103˚)
Henry McKenna Single Barrel (100˚)
Elijah Craig Small Batch (94˚)
Elijah Craig Barrel (Cask Strength)
Elijah Craig 18yr (90˚)
Elijah Craig 23yr (90˚)
Parker's Heritage 8yr Malted (108˚)
Parker's Heritage 11yr Single Barrel (122˚)
Parker's Heritage 24yr (100˚)
Rebel Yell (80˚)
Rebel Yell Small Batch Reserve Rye (90˚)
Pikesville Straight Rye (100˚)
Rittenhouse Rye (100˚)
Wild Turkey
Lawrenceburg, Kentucky
Wild Turkey 81 (81˚)
Wild Turkey 101 (101˚)
Wild Turkey Rare Breed (108˚)
Wild Turkey Kentucky Spirit Single Barrel (100˚)
Wild Turkey Masters Keep 17yr (86˚)
Wild Turkey Masters Keep Decades (104˚)
Russel's Reserve Small Batch 10yr (110˚)
Russel's Reserve Single Barrel (110˚)
Russel's Reserve Small Batch Rye (90˚)
Russel's Reserve Single Barrel Rye (104˚)
Wild Turkey Rye (81˚)
Wild Turkey Rye (101˚)
Old Forester Distillery
Louisville, Kentucky
Old Forester (86˚)
Old Forester Signature (100˚)
Old Forester 1870 Original Batch (90˚)
Old Forester 1897 Bottled in Bond (100˚)
Old Forester 1920 Prohibition Style (115˚)
Buffalo Trace Distillery
Frankfort, Kentucky
Blanton's (93˚)
Buffalo Trace (90˚)
Colonel E.H. Taylor Barrel (Cask Strength)
Colonel E.H. Taylor Single Barrel (100˚)
Colonel E.H. Taylor Small Batch (100˚)
Eagle Rare Single Barrel (90˚)
Old Charter (86˚)
Old Weller Antique (107˚)
Sazerac 6yr Rye (90˚)
Jim Beam Distillery
Clermont and Boston, Kentucky
Baker's 7yr (107˚)
Basil Hayden (80˚)
Basil Hayden's Rye (80˚)
Bookers (Cask Strength)
Booker's Rye (136.4˚)
Little Book (128.2˚)
Jim Beam Black (86˚)
Jim Beam Double Oak (86˚)
Jim Beam Rye (90˚)
Knob Creek (100˚)
Knob Creek Single Barrel (120˚)
Knob Creek Rye (100˚)
Knob Creek 25th Anniversary (124.2˚)
Old Grand-dad Bonded (100˚)
Old Grand-dad (114˚)
Old Overholt Rye (80˚)
Bulliet
Louisville, Kentucky
Bulliet (90˚)
Bulliet 10yr (91˚)
Bulliet 95 Rye (90˚)
Maker's Mark Distillery
Loretto, Kentucky
Maker's Mark (90˚)
Makers 46 (94˚)
Makers Mark Cask Strength
Jefferson's
Louisville, Kentucky
Jefferson's (82˚)
Jefferson's Reserve (90˚)
Jefferson's Groth Reserve Cask (90˚)
Jefferson's Ocean (90˚)
Old & New Bernheim Distilleries
Louisville, Kentucky
Barterhouse 20yr Orphan Barrel Project (90˚)
Gifted Horse Orphan Barrel Project (115˚)
I.W. Harper (82˚)
Rhetoric 20yr Orphan Barrel Project (90˚)
Rhetoric 23yr Orphan Barrel Project (90.6˚)
Whoop & Holler 28yr (84˚)
Woodford Reserve Distillery
Versailles, Kentucky
Woodford Reserve (90˚)
Woodford Reserve Double Oaked (90˚)
Woodford Reserve Master's Collection (90.4˚)
Woodford Reserve Rye (90˚)
Microdistilleries USA
Arbor Distillery Fox River Bourbon (51.25˚)
Arbor Distillery Fox River Rye (52.5˚)
Breckenridge (86˚)
Detroit City Distillery Homegrown Rye (94˚)
FEW Spirits Bourbon (93˚)
FEW Spirits Rye (93˚)
Journeyman Featherbone Bourbon (90˚)
Journeyman Buggy Whip Wheat (90˚)
Journeyman Silver Cross (90˚)
Journeyman Last Feather Rye (90˚)
Long Road Bourbon (94˚)
Long Road Wheat (93˚)
Stranahan's (94˚)
Stranahan's Diamond Peak (94˚)
Traverse City Whiskey Co. Bourbon (86˚)
Traverse City Whiskey Co. North Coast Rye (90˚)
Two James Grass Widow (91˚)
Two James J. Riddle Peated Bourbon (91˚)
Two James Johnny Smoking Gun (87˚)
Two James Catcher's Rye (98˚)
Other American Bourbon, Rye or Wheat
A.H. Hirsch Reserve 1974 16yr (91˚)
$100.00
Amador (86˚)
Barrel Bourbon (122˚)
Bernheim Small Batch Wheat (90˚)
Corner Creek Reserve (88˚)
David Nicholson 1843 (100˚)
David Nicholson Reserve (100˚)
George Dickel #8 (80˚)
George Dickel Rye (90˚)
High West American Prairie (92˚)
High West Campfire (92)
High West Double Rye (92˚)
High West Rendezvous Rye (92˚)
Jack Daniels (80˚)
Masterson's Wheat (100˚)
Masterson's Straight Rye 10yr (90˚)
Michter's Bourbon (91˚)
Michter's American Whiskey (83˚)
Michter's Straight Rye (84˚)
Old Medley 12yr (86˚)
Redemption High Rye Bourbon (92˚)
Redemption Rye (92˚)
Ridgemont Reserve 1792 Single Barrel (98˚)
Ridgemont Reserve 1792 Small Batch (93˚)
Smooth Ambler Contradiction (100˚)
Smooth Ambler Old Scout (99˚)
Templeton 4yr Rye (80˚)
Templeton 6yr Rye (91˚)
Tin Cup (84˚)
Whistle Pig Rye (100˚)
Yellowstone Select (93˚)
World Whisk(e)y
Bushmills Black Bush, IR (80˚)
Green Spot, IR (80˚)
Jameson, IR (80˚)
Pendleton Rye, CA (90˚)
Redbreast 12yr Cask Strength, IR
Teeling Small Batch, IR (92˚)
Nikka Coffey Grain, JP (90˚)
Suntory Hakushu, JP (90˚)
Suntory Yamazaki, JP (90˚)
Suntory Toki, JP (86˚)
Yamazaki 18, JP (86˚)
Yellow Spot, IR (92˚)
Cocktails
Mainstay Cocktails
The Original, Hand-Pulled Old Fashioned
Bourbon, housemade Old Fashioned bitters, sugar
Gin & Tonic
Ann Arbor Distillery Gin, house tonic, Topo Chico, fresh lime
Gold Rush
peach-infused bourbon, fresh lemon, honey
Cabin on Saturn
Hayman's Old Tom Gin, passionfruit, sage shrub, soda
House Manhattan
rye, Averna, sweet vermouth, bitters
Adirondack
bourbon, tarragon honey syrup, fresh grapefruit, salt
Bramble On
vodka, elderflower liquor, blackberry purée, fresh lemon, mint