If you’ve been into bourbon for any amount of time, the term “tater” is probably one that you’re familiar with or have at least heard. If not, you should hone up on your skills and test How Good is Your Bourbonspeak. Taters, for those unfamiliar with the term are not spuds like you’d buy at […]
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 […]
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? […]
Buffalo Trace is to Whiskey as Baseball is to America; they are inescapably bound together. The distilleries name is suggested to have come from a historic buffalo crossing on the banks of the Kentucky River and it is arguably one of the oldest if not THE oldest continuously operating distillery in America. During Prohibition whilst […]
Fall (specifically September to November) is the season of hunting for rare whiskey. It’s within this window of time when many of the most sought-after bourbon bottles come to market – otherwise known as “the drop.” It may seem odd to be writing about something that’s not going to happen for another eight or nine […]
I had my yearly call with our insurance agent the other day to discuss our policies and ensure everything was in order, which it was. At the end of the call he asked me if I had any questions about anything. I did. I asked, so, what if a guy had a rather large collection […]
I remember when I first got into whiskey (yes, I’m American so I spell it with an “e”)…I’d drive around looking for elusive high-brow bottles, hoping to find a Pappy Van Winkle or an Old Forester Birthday Bourbon. Each and every liquor store I’d come to was a new opportunity to land something great. At […]
So you’ve decided to have a bar in your home or garage – or – maybe just that you want to have a kegerator. There’s a lot that goes into making the right choice and optimizing your ability to have cold beer on draft. But, first, you need to establish the business case for making […]
