The other day, I hosted a BARDS (Bourbon And Rye Drinkers Society) meeting at Bourbons Bistro. My theme was “Sleeper Whiskeys”. These are whiskeys that are not thought about much, but are excellent whiskeys. It was well received and I... Continue Reading →
This image is from the Schenley Distilleries newsletter Remarks of Merit, dated October, 1938. These newsletters are really monthly magazines published by Schenley and given out to their employees each month. They are filled with news of the company as... Continue Reading →
The other day, Gary Crunkleton brought a group of people to my porch for a whiskey tasting. The members of this group had purchased the trip to Louisville at a charity auction for a school in Raleigh, North Carolina. This... Continue Reading →
The barrel is the singular most expensive component of making aged whiskey. There are reasons for this expense that many people don’t realize. A whiskey barrel takes years to make and time is money. I thought it might be interesting... Continue Reading →
Back in 2015 I wrote a blog about yeast and it covers a lot about the subject, but I thought I would write a few more thoughts on the subject here. Yeast has always been an important part of American... Continue Reading →
There are a plethora of whiskey videos on YouTube. There are some that I rather enjoy, but most of what I see are your typical tasting blogs. Now I realize that Matt and I are guilty of this as well,... Continue Reading →
I have hit my latest milestone of one thousand five hundred blogs on this website. Not all of the blogs have been written by me. In the early days, Maggie Kimberl wrote many of the blogs and I have been... Continue Reading →
For over 25 years now, I have had a debate with John Lipman about whether Bourbon or Rye Whiskey was the first aged whiskey. John has put forward that it was Rye whiskey being aged before Bourbon. Here are my... Continue Reading →
My blog on Monday was very much centered on Kentucky with Kentucky distilled whiskeys. I thought I would expand this to include whiskeys from other states with whiskeys that are more regional in their distribution. The first whiskey is from... Continue Reading →
