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Message: [QUOTE="HuskyHawk, post: 4374329, member: 1414"] Hudson's reputation is pretty poor among more serious bourbon drinkers (not Beam white label types), along with FEW and Cleveland. Corsair is supposed to be terrible too. Some of the craft distillers make good stuff, improve and age things properly in full sized barrels. Others don't. I'm done with Mad River. Been in business for years and they still won't age things in full sized barrels, leading to that awful wet cardboard flavor you get from small barrels. Barrel doesn't distill anything. They do blend and then finish what they get. The bourbon is mostly Dickel from Tennessee blended with other stuff. The rye can be blends of all sorts of stuff, Dickel, MGP, Alberta and some from Poland. They do a good job, just wish the price point was lower. [/QUOTE]