Insights

The Stories Behind the Bottles, Prices, and Trends

Explore changing bottle values, new releases, and practical advice for buying, trading, and collecting.

October 31, 2023

Allocated Heavenhill from Heaven Hill

Heaven Hill puts out some great products, also a few that aren’t so great (…like Mellow Corn), but there’s some…

October 24, 2023

The Lowdown on Birthday Bourbon

I still remember the very first Birthday Bourbon from Old Forester I laid hands on some five or six years…

October 17, 2023

Fall-la-la-la Bourbon

So many people are in love with the fall season.  You hear it all the time…”if I had to vote,…

October 10, 2023

Top 12 Most Flipped Bourbons of 2023

In developing the Bourbon Blue Book, we created not only one of the most updated and extensive lists of secondary…

October 3, 2023

The “Jiggery Pokery” of the Bourbon Boom

It’s amazing how popular bourbon has become in such a short period of time, and the trajectory suggests that it’s…

September 26, 2023

To Chew or Not to Chew

The art of enjoying your bourbon can take on a lot of nuances.  Some Bourboneurs like to enjoy a glass…

September 19, 2023

Top 20 Highest Priced Bourbons | 2023 Unicorn Edition

Bourbon prices just keep inching north, and certainly there are a load of spendy bourbons that you can drop your…

September 15, 2023

Top 5 Whiskey’s Under $50

A lot of time is spent these days in talking about the unicorn bottles that many folks will never see…

September 12, 2023

Top 6 Double-Oaked Bourbons to Drink

A growing category in American bourbon is double-oaked bourbons.  As most of our readership will likely know all bourbon to…

September 5, 2023

The “Limited Edition” Hysteria

Top Image: crooked.com A phrase that we’ve seen more and more when it comes to bourbon marketing is “limited edition”…

August 29, 2023

Allocated Brownwater Bonanza

It’s the time of year when lots of things are hitting the market, but some of the big drops haven’t…

August 22, 2023

BTAC 2023 Release | Are You Ready?

When it comes to sought after bottles, the lineup from Buffalo Trace’s Antique collection, often referred to as “BTAC” because,…