by DrinkMoreBourbon | Nov 22, 2024 | Bourbon Reviews
RD One’s red-label bourbon raises a useful question: what does “finished with French oak” mean when the bourbon stays in its original barrel? The answer is in the staves RD1 adds after the whiskey’s initial maturation, not in a second cask.That distinction makes this...
by DrinkMoreBourbon | Nov 22, 2024 | Bourbon Reviews
RD1’s green-label Amburana expression begins as Kentucky straight bourbon. Its defining step comes later, when Brazilian Amburana wood staves are placed inside the barrel. That distinction matters: this is neither bourbon made in Brazil nor a whiskey aged in an...
