Photo Courtesy of Goose Island Beer Company Released the day after Thanksgiving on Black Friday, the Goose Island Beer Company this year celebrates its 30th anniversary with a lineup of seven special releases that highlight various partnerships and include amongst other things an aged barleywine. There’s some controversy about whether this is actually the 30th […]
As you’re thinking about getting your Thanksgiving meal prep squared away this week, you’re probably contemplating things like the number of apples you’ll need to make grandma’s apple pie recipe and where you put the fancy napkin rings that you break out two times a year. You’re probably not thinking about bourbon, and that’s why […]
Recently I wrote about the most expensive bourbons of 2022 in our Bourboneur Unicorn Edition. These were the who’s who list of bourbons encompassing a number of bottles that many will go their entire life and never taste, let alone even see! Back in the day, folks would walk down an aisle and Pappy was […]
It wasn’t but a few months back that I put together a small gathering of bourbon loving friends for a tasting party in my garage bar. If you’ve never hosted such an event, I cannot recommend it enough – I also recommend that you take the time to put together some great Foods That Pair […]
Fall is a magical time of year, seasons are changing the holidays are nearing and the release of loads of great brownwater occurs. I think I probably am more excited for fall than my wife who with baited breath awaits the emergence of the pumpkin spice latte’, referred to by her and most every other […]
In 2007, the U.S. Senate passed a resolution declaring September as National Bourbon Heritage Month. Of course, bourbon has been around far longer than that and why it took so long to proclaim this clearly obvious need to celebrate I do not know, but politics don’t need discussing when we’re focusing on brownwater. I should […]
Oktoberfest is literally my favorite holiday of the year. Sure, Christmas is great with the gifts, Thanksgiving is wonderful as well with all the food and time spent with family, but these holidays both lack the ability to wake up with a sore arm from hoisting large beers repeatedly the night before! Prost!!!! It may […]
I remember when I was first getting into bourbon, a good friend of mine, lets call him “Big John” had popped by my garage bar with a bottle of Weller Special Reserve. I recall seeing it at several local liquor stores for a fairly cheap price here in Texas and honestly really did not think […]
Many whiskey aficionado’s probably haven’t heard of the newly announced brand Hidden Barn, much less seen a bottle…that is unless you happen to live in Colorado or Kentucky where their first small-batch expression is available. In a time when bourbon is expanding and brands are growing, its not surprising to find upstarts here and there […]
Are you “whiskey-wise?” There are a ton of folks who are into bourbon these days, and everyone is some kind of self proclaimed expert in all things brownwater. Myself, I’m a Certified Bourbon Professional (CBP) and as such, have a little more gusto behind the randomness that spews out of my mouth as it pertains […]
