This past weekend I had the fortunate opportunity to visit a pair of Bourboneur’s, Lindsay and Ryan Argo who recently created their own home bar in a new, amazing space. As they led me to “the bar” we stepped into a small entryway which contained a closed door ahead, a doggy door low and to […]
Although when you think of Texas you might be apt to think of amazing brisket, landing a redfish off the Gulf Coast or that road trip across the state that just seemed to take F…O…R…E…V…E…R…are we there yet? No. One thing that you may not think of is bourbon, but times they are a changing […]
If you’ve spent any time reading the Bourboneur Blog, you’re probably well on your way to knowing the legal nuances with what it takes to be a bourbon by law, which among other things includes being distilled from 51% or greater corn. The other 49% accounts for a veritable landscape of nuance that separates one […]
It was maybe two years ago now following an envious comment I had left on a friends Facebook page regarding a bottle of bourbon she had opened, when a friend of hers saw my comment and messaged me rather out of the blue. That message led to several invitations to join various “invite only” private […]
America’s First Cocktail In a small apothecary shop located at 437 Royal Street in New Orleans the Sazerac was born in the year 1838. As it’s told, Antoine Peychaud who operated the apothecary shop served the drink to his customers in a coquetier, or an egg cup, and as time went by the word “coquetier” […]
Although you may have heard of the whiskey collection branded as Colonel E.H. Taylor Jr. many are unaware of the depth and breadth of the label or the mystique around the man for whom the whiskey is named after. The E.H. Taylor brand has been developed as a standalone premium name inside the Buffalo Trace […]
Pairing food with whiskey provides an interesting opportunity to further explore your bourbon. In some cases, food can make it taste better and in others, it can help unfurl the complexities of the flavor profile helping you to finally unlock what it is that you are tasting in your bourbon. Not dissimilar to wine or […]
As uniquely American as NFL Football, bourbon has enjoyed a significant rise in popularity in the last decade. Folks just cannot seem to get enough – and producers cannot seem to produce enough. Lots of demand and in some cases, sparse supply. As I sat outside a local liquor store recently, swapping bottles with a […]
I recently cracked open a bottle of Eagle Rare 17, a bottle which has been on my “list” for years. It was one of those bottles that one would never find out and about, and one I was not ever going to pay nearly two thousand dollars for on the secondary market – ludicrous right? […]
Whether you’ve had a home bar or garage bar for some time or are new altogether to the world of kegerators, chances are that you have a rather rudimentary understanding of gas cylinder sizing and how that relates to your setup. That probably translates into “big cylinder, more gas, little cylinder, less gas.” Although, completely […]
