On a road trip last summer, I stopped into a small liquor store in Illinois along Interstate 57. I’m always looking for something new or different – or allocated! The man working at the counter was the store owner, and we ended up having a great chat about bourbon (shocker). He told me that he […]
It’s no secret that as we mature in our bourbon drinking many tend to gravitate towards higher proof bourbons. The kind of bourbons that tend to let you know that you’re drinking them with a hearty amount of burn – sorting those who can handle the heat from those who can’t. I’m recalling a certain […]
After a year of falling prices on the bourbon secondary market, falling to the tune of just over eleven percent over the course of 2024 according to the Bourboneur Secondary Market Index, low and behold rare bottles are still rare bottles and they still cost more than you or I will probably ever be willing […]
For the nearly 436,000 of you who’ve joined us in some way, shape or form in the past year, thanks for drinking with us! Cheers to you, and to the exciting news we have to share for the year ahead; more on that at the end of the post. Last year at about this […]
Weller Bourbon has been a lot of things to a lot of people, but from what I can tell mostly the common cause of Tater Syndrome for the past number of years. If you’ve never heard of this condition, and you’re worried about whether you may be afflicted with this disease, Bourboneur does offer a […]
The growth of the bourbon market has seemed to be unbounded the past decade, until finding a slowing pace this year as inflation took the wind out of the sails. As folks buckled down with the pricing pressures of the current economic headwinds, suddenly chasing that unicorn bottle became second fiddle to putting dinner on […]
Every year countless bottles of coveted brownwater find their way into my garage bar speakeasy where they are opened and shared with friends, neighbors, and the occasional random stranger who’s riding by on a bike and like a moth to the flame is drawn to the sweet glow of perfectly backlit brownwater lining the walls […]
With over five thousand different bottles of bourbon tracked on the Bourbon Blue Book®, it just goes to show that there’s no shortage of bourbon on the market. A handful of the thousands of bottles however stand out for various reasons, and if Pappy wasn’t already collectible enough, the 2017 Pappy Van Winkle 15 Year […]
Over the years the bourbon industry has seen its fair share of ebbs and flows, this past year stands out as a strong pullback with secondary prices currently retreating just north of ten percent since the start of the year according to the Bourboneur Secondary Market Index. With the upcoming shift of the political landscape, […]
The secondary bourbon market in 2024 is a dynamic landscape filled with both opportunities and challenges for collectors and enthusiasts. With fluctuating prices, rare bottle releases, and shifting consumer preferences, navigating this market requires keen insight and up-to-date information. From the highly sought-after Pappy Van Winkle to the latest limited editions, bourbon lovers are continually […]
