Our Tuthilltown Spirits Distillery is a small, family-owned business that strives to produce the best whiskey it can. Hudson Whiskey is made using only the finest ingredients, such as corn, malted barley, rye, and water. They also changed the name to “Bright Lights, Big City.” If that doesn’t sound like a name you’d give to a bourbon, I’m right there with you. But Hudson explains it away by saying that they want to be different from the other guys both in attitude and the way they market their whiskey. I suppose by giving it a name like that, they have achieved their objective.

Reservoir Distillery’s Hunter & Scott Bourbon is a shining example of the distillery’s craft and style. Their main line is renowned for a grain-to-glass experience of local Virginia crops (all sourced less than 40 miles from the distillery) and having 100-percent mash bills for the wheat, rye, and bourbon whiskeys. This expression is the best of all worlds and blends the wheat, rye, and bourbon into one bottle — each aged one-and-a-half to two years. Some of you refer to this as the “finish” but let’s be honest. Don’t we all just want to know if it burns good?Why? Well, it’s generally accepted that four years is the prime spot for many bourbons to age. But for whiskey to legally be called “bourbon”— sans the “straight” part — it simply has to touch new American oak for… really any amount of time, up to two years. That can ( and sometimes does) mean a matter of minutes. These days, bourbons that age less than two years are often called “young bourbon” or just “bourbon whiskey.” Despite the fact that the barrels have not yet been aged, they are still new charred oak barrels that have been reduced in size so that the wood to liquid ratio is higher. This improves the wood component of the whiskey, even at its very early stages. Bourbon is then aged for about 3 months before being bottled and sent to us for enjoyment. It’s a deep and rich flavor that’s delicious and enjoyable. Something you could sip all afternoon and late into the night. On Ice

The facility itself dates to 1788, when the eponymous Mr. Tuthill founded a grist mill to supply flour and other grains to the local region. The area became known as Tuthilltown (although that won’t help if you put that in Google – try Gardiner, NY instead) and is the quintessential bucolic New York location. It is rare that I go into a review with a negative mindset for a whiskey I’m getting ready to partake, but I couldn’t really help it. The thing about this bourbon is that it already gives you all of the warning signs before you reach the edge of the cliff. It’s basically your own fault if you end up driving off the edge. Nose: Wow, this smells young. The raw, grainy note is reminiscent of other distillery’s White Dog (unaged spirit). The “breadiness” of the nose gives way to astringent, green notes. On a positive note, the young, grainy scents that I found in previous Hudson products have been toned down considerably with this release.We deliver to a number of international destinations including the USA. Please use the 'Change Location' link above for an estimate in your local currency or find out more about international delivery

This is how bourbon matures. This is how bourbon develops its complexity and reduces its harshness. This is not what happens at any step of the process when making Hudson Baby Bourbon. The music they blast at these barrels (ugh) is nothing more than marketing. It doesn’t magically age their whiskey because it just doesn’t work. Hudson Baby Bourbon is an interesting expression, aged in small 2 gallon barrels and “sonically matured”. Yes, you read it right! The 100% corn spirit and the casks get some agitation with the help of bass speakers. Every bottle has been hand-filled and numbered, and sealed with a wax. No carbon or chill filtration has been used. With a bit of ice, nothing really changes. All of the flavors that were there originally remain there, which is not the typical experience. Usually when you add a bit of ice it tones down the stronger flavors and mellows things out a bit, but in this case there might not be anything to mellow out. The flavors were deliciously balanced to begin, so the ice just cools it down.Hudson bourbon is a type of bourbon that is made in New York. It is a very smooth bourbon that has a lot of flavor. I would definitely recommend it to anyone who is looking for a good bourbon to drink.