I like keep it simple:
You’ll need your favorite spirits – I’m going with bourbon - and one shot glass for each player. You’ll also need some six-packs of Bud and Goose Island 312 Urban Whea
Filed under: Beer, Bourbon, drinking game on August 27th, 2008 | No Comments »
What does it mean when the label on a bottle of whiskey declares it to be 12 years old?
Filed under: whiskey, Bourbon, whisky, scotch on May 12th, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Fred Noe, the seventh generation master distiller at Jim Beam, saw his portrait added alongside his predecessors’ this past week.
Filed under: whiskey, Bourbon on September 17th, 2007 | No Comments »
The US Senate has declared September to be National Bourbon Heritage month. How does one celebrate National Bourbon Heritage Month? Drink bourbon and go to a bourbon festival.
Filed under: whiskey, Bourbon, whisky on August 7th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
Welcome to part two of this very occasional series, What’s In a Name, wherein we are exploring the precise meanings of the words on our booze labels. Today we’re going to look at American whisky including bourbon, rye, wheat malt, rye malt, corn whisky, straight whisky, and blended whisky.
Filed under: Bourbon, whisky, Wine, What's In a Name? on July 5th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
A friend and I are planning to spend a few days on the bourbon trail in Kentucky sometime soon. But we’re having trouble getting our schedules to mesh. From my wife’s perspective this is all a bunch of silliness but then she doesn’t like distilled spirits and she married me so already I […]
Filed under: whiskey, Bourbon on June 15th, 2007 | No Comments »
Taking the idea of extreme beer to the logical next step some craft brewers here in the US are trying their hands at distilling. Even though alcohol and tax laws seem to have been written, at least in part, to make brewing and distilling mutually exclusive endevours, these brewers are willing to wade through the […]
Filed under: Beer, whiskey, Bourbon, Vodka, Tequila, Gin, Rum on May 28th, 2007 | No Comments »
The Mojito may be the chic minty cocktail of the moment but at least one day a year it has to step aside for that beautiful southern belle, the Mint Julep. That day, the day of Kentucky Derby, is just around the corner; May 5, to be exact. The pairing of this sporting event and […]
Filed under: whiskey, Bourbon, Cocktails on April 25th, 2007 | No Comments »