More Beam for Your Buck
Fred Noe, the seventh generation master distiller at Jim Beam, saw his portrait added alongside his predecessors’ this past week.
Filed under: Bourbon, whiskey on September 17th, 2007 | No Comments »
National Bourbon Heritage Month is aComin’
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: Bourbon, whiskey, whisky on August 7th, 2007 | 1 Comment »
What’s In a Name? American Whisky
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, What's In a Name?, whisky, Wine on July 5th, 2007 | 3 Comments »
Another Bourbon Trail Convert
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 know that [...]
Filed under: Bourbon, whiskey on June 15th, 2007 | No Comments »
Look Who’s Distilling Now
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, Bourbon, Gin, Rum, Tequila, Vodka, whiskey on May 28th, 2007 | No Comments »
Step Aside, Mojito.
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: Bourbon, Cocktails, whiskey on April 25th, 2007 | No Comments »