A while ago I was in our local province run government monopoly and while their undertrained workers were working around me and the management were watching me like a hawk because they think I’m an alcoholic master thief, I happened upon Barterhouse 20 Orphan Barrel.

Given my provinces founding by groups of Scotsman who feel that spirits (note: not wine or beer) were the Devil, I was happily surprised to see a decent price on a 20-year-old Bourbon. Not something you usually see, Not to mention one with a George Clooney character on the front (I’m being told that’s false but I find it funny so let’s stick with it.)

Barterhouse 20 Orphan Barrel is part of Diageo’s Orphan Barrel series. If memory serves it was one of the first. Originally distilled at the New Bernheim Distillery, then moved and stored at Stizel-Weller distillery, and then bottled at George…