When you head out to your local liquor store in search of your go-to bourbon, in my case Woodford Double Oaked, you can be pretty confident that what you buy today will taste very much like what you’ll buy two months from now and tastes very much like the number of bottles that you have […]
High proof heat is en vogue these days, and why not, a little burn helps make sure you know you’re still on the right side of the dirt and by all accounts helps fend off covid. I may have made that last part up. Our 2024 list of high proof bourbons are all winners on […]
Old Fitzgerald is a delicious wheated bourbon produced by Heaven Hill Distillery and released twice a year in the fall and the spring, with an occasional distillery-only release. The Old Fitzgerald lineup is entirely Bottled-in-Bond, referring to regulations set in the Bottled-in-Bond Act of 1897 which dictate specific requirements that ensure the quality of the […]
The lead up to Christmas always seems like the happiest time of year whether watching the magic of the season unfold in your children’s eyes or enjoying your share of baked goods that seem to be in constant supply whether you want them or not. For others, this time of year seems relatively happy simply […]
You may not have noticed that quietly a series of unicorns was released into the wild back in the fall of 2020…of course, with the distraction of a pandemic coming into full swing, I wouldn’t much blame folks for not knowing that this trio of bottles even exists at all. To commemorate 150 years of […]
Having just found myself the owner of the newest release from Blood Oath, Pact Number 9 and at retail to boot, I thought I’d carve out this week’s post to discuss this relatively unique brand and why one (or all) of their nine releases may be worth adding to your collection. Intriguingly, this brand seems […]
Did you know that a ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber (if it doesn’t break on impact that is)? It sounds like total bullsh#t but it isn’t. That random fact, one hundred percent blew my mind. I really heard it and thought, well, that’s malarkey! In today’s world of “I […]
Heaven Hill puts out some great products, also a few that aren’t so great (…like Mellow Corn), but there’s some real jewels in their overall lineup like Old Fitzgerald, Parkers Heritage and Elijah Craig to name but a few. A brand that many Bourboneurs may not have heard of within the Heaven Hill family of […]
In developing the Bourbon Blue Book, we created not only one of the most updated and extensive lists of secondary values for coveted bottles of brownwater, but an amazing resource to track trends in popularity and the ebbs and flows of interest in particular bottles and brands. Through this proprietary resource, we compiled this list […]
The art of enjoying your bourbon can take on a lot of nuances. Some Bourboneurs like to enjoy a glass by themselves at the end of the day whilst others amongst friends, some like to drink it in a Glencairn whilst others prefer theirs in a rocks glass, some with a cube and others neat, […]
