Thomas H Handy Sazerac Bottled 2011

Thomas H Handy Sazerac Rye bottled 2013

I thought I would treat my self and pick out something special for my 300th whisky review. I wasn't counting until recently and only just realized that I was a few short of a triple. So I said 'Why not? Treat yourself, son, you deserve it for all your hard work.' Because whisky drinking is just that. A treat. I thought long and hard and settled on...

Score 92/100

Thomas H. Handy Thomas H Handy Sazerac bottled 2016

Thomas H Handy is a unique rye. There really is nothing that compares to its flavour profile. This bottle of 2016 has been open about three weeks. About 65ml full. Dense orange tinted golden amber, oily in the glass. I don't know a nose in American whiskey which is so consistently recognisable. Big fruity rye, with a crystalized sugary sweetness,...

Score 94/100

Thomas H Handy Sazerac Rye bottled 2013

Maple nose with cloves, cinnamon, raisins, butter brickle. The taste broadens into dark swirl rye, challah, honey butter, maple, typical bourbony maraschino cherries, taffee, vanilla, tapioca. Finish is very long and luxurious with plenty of wood, sharp alcohol fire in the nose, caramel, sharper sweets and corn syrup. This bourbon is a strong...

Score 88/100

Thomas H Handy Sazerac 3rd Release 2008

Never before have I experienced a rye with such depth. Worth of its title of Best American Whiskey 2009. I plan to buy two more bottles...one for now, and one to put away for a few years.

Score 95/100