The Rarest Blanton’s You’ll Never See

Last week we wrote on the Commonly Traded Blanton’s Varieties which covered a lot of the more everyday Blanton’s bottles that one may see come up on the secondary bourbon market, including the Blanton’s rainbow of black, gold, red and silver, amongst others.  In this post however we’re going to dive into a line of […]

A Guide to the Commonly Traded Blanton’s Varieties

Blanton’s has found its way into many bourbon lovers’ hearts for a variety of reasons.  Maybe it’s the first real allocated bottle that you tried, perhaps it’s the allure of collecting all the letters on the toppers to spell out “BLANTON’S,” or perhaps it’s the search for a dump date that corresponds to a special […]

Midyear 2024 Allocated Bourbon Review

As we near the midway point in the year, we here at Bourboneur thought it would be a good opportunity for reflection on the secondary bourbon market which has seen some softening on pricing over these past five months as we look in the rear-view mirror.  Softening to the tune of nearly ten percent year […]

Inflation Equals Less Money for Bourbon

As I’m sure most reading this article can sympathize with, as I sat in the drive-thru line at the local Chick-fil-a this week to pick up dinner for my family of four, upon ordering for the peckish lot, who really don’t eat much at all, I was astounded by the nearly fifty dollar total.  I […]

Jack Daniels Coy Hill | Hazmat Bourbon

Jack Daniels has been a regular fixture here lately on the Bourboneur blog as they’ve continued to push the envelope on a number of fronts.  Given the recent upswing however in popularity on the secondary market with the announcement that their popular Coy Hill offering is teed up for a 2024 release, we thought it […]

Mayor Pingree | Detroit Meets MGP

When I think about Michigan, I often think about the multitudes of people who I’ve met from there who quickly hold up their hand as a visual representation of the state to pinpoint where they’re from. Chances are you’ve had this happen to you multiple times too…and those of you from Michigan, you know you […]

Four Budget-Friendly and Delicious Bourbons

First thing is first, it’s OK to like cheap, low-cost bourbon.  It wasn’t terribly long ago that a bottle of “Two Stars” bourbon won out in a blind tasting among a crowd of folks in my garage bar, a brand which many had never tried, and few had even ever heard of.  It beat out […]

The Ultimate Guide to Hosting a Bourbon Tasting

Introduction If you’ve not yet hosted a bourbon tasting event at your home or garage bar, you’re missing out on one of the greatest experiences in the bourbon world.  Not only is it great to get together with your people to enjoy some bourbon, but the opportunity to really focus on and appreciate the nuances […]

500 Bourbons Mapped | Find Your Perfect Bourbon

Whether you’re just finding your way to bourbon or have been around for a minute and tried a lot of great brownwater, there’s loads of new bourbon coming out all the time and chances are pretty darn high that there’s a pile of bottles on the shelf that you’ve not gotten into that you may […]

2024 1st Quarter Secondary Bourbon Review | What’s Hot

All day long, every day, people are flipping bottles on the secondary bourbon market.  It doesn’t seem to matter the time of day, there always seems to be someone looking to sell a bottle and someone looking to buy a bottle.  Out of the thousands of bottles that trade hands on the regular however there […]