If you've spent any time at all reading this blog, you know that, from time to time, I like to gingerly dip my toes into whisky history, distillery info, regional arcana, fun stories of excruciating regret, preposterous heroism, and petty minutia. Hell, I don't know why...probably because I like lore and information and often there's … Continue reading Four Roses Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey – Review
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Whiskey & Books: Booker’s Bourbon & Brown Dog reviewed together
Seeing as it's the holiday season and all (gift ideas, you know) and seeing as this bourbon's called "Booker's", I thought I'd recommend a book to go with it. Jim Harrison is a writer's writer and although you may not have ever heard of him...you've probably heard of him. He's responsible for the book that … Continue reading Whiskey & Books: Booker’s Bourbon & Brown Dog reviewed together
Bargain Bin Fridays #7, Early Times Kentucky Whisky
What exactly constitutes an "early time"? 4:30am is an awfully early time, years of getting up for far-away bike races gave me a deep dread of the alarm going off at that hour (and a half). 3:00am still seems like the middle of the night for some reason, whereas 4:30am somehow qualifies as the morning … Continue reading Bargain Bin Fridays #7, Early Times Kentucky Whisky
Wild Turkey Rare Breed Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey – Review
Somehow this seemed a somewhat appropriate whisky to review for Thanksgiving weekend... I'm not entirely sure that Wild Turkey Rare Breed is still part of Wild Turkey's line, but I see it on shelves fairly often so I figure it's fair game. This one is a blend, a cuvée if you will, of the 6 … Continue reading Wild Turkey Rare Breed Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey – Review
Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey – Review
The legend goes that Jack Daniel, the founder of Jack Daniel's Distillery and Tennessee Sippin' Whiskey, hauled off and kicked his safe one morning in 1905 when he couldn't remember the combination. A bad memory is no reason to exact violence on an innocent safe, especially not an innocent safe probably made of steel and … Continue reading Jack Daniel’s Single Barrel Tennessee Whiskey – Review
Bargain Bin Fridays #5, Old Crow Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Bourbon's have great names. Many of them titled, we can only hope, after cranky, old, Kentucky gentlemen who still wear either torn-up overalls or natty seersucker suits and bow-ties, and lock their mashbill recipes up in the same homemade safes they keep their revolvers in. An unfair stereotype, I know, but come on, put the … Continue reading Bargain Bin Fridays #5, Old Crow Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Maker’s Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky – Review
The Maker's Mark story goes that while experimenting with recipes for their whisky, the Samuels family made a lot of bread. The bread kind of bread, not the money kind of bread. They've made a lot of the money kind of bread as well, but that came later, first they made a lot of the … Continue reading Maker’s Mark Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whisky – Review
Bargain Bin Fridays #4, Sunnybrook Kentucky Blended Whiskey
I've heard stories of people walking into some out-of-the-way liquor store and finding a dust-covered Port Ellen for $90 or some 20-year-old Glen something-or-other for $39.99. Chances are, some distributor dumped a pricey bottle off ages ago on a store that wouldn't ever sell that kind of thing and the store has no idea what … Continue reading Bargain Bin Fridays #4, Sunnybrook Kentucky Blended Whiskey
Maker’s 46, Kentucky Bourbon Whisky – Review
I've never thought of myself as a traditionalist, the establishment can suck it as far as I'm concerned, yet here I sit contemplating Maker's Mark new offering, the Maker's 46, and I find myself wondering if what they're doing to make the stuff is fair, does it buck tradition too much? Maybe I need another … Continue reading Maker’s 46, Kentucky Bourbon Whisky – Review
Bargain Bin Fridays #3, Ancient Age Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey – Review
Just to prove that I'm not just a mean-spirited, masochistic hack who's out to insult bad whisky makers and destroy my liver at the same time, for this installment of Bargain Bin Fridays, I thought I'd give an old school, mildly respected bourbon a try. After all, it is called "Bargain Bin Fridays" not "Wince … Continue reading Bargain Bin Fridays #3, Ancient Age Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey – Review
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