Insights

The Stories Behind the Bottles, Prices, and Trends

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

November 17, 2023

Old Forester 150th Anniversary

You may not have noticed that quietly a series of unicorns was released into the wild back in the fall…

November 14, 2023

Blood Oath | Pricing, Backstory, and More

Having just found myself the owner of the newest release from Blood Oath, Pact Number 9 and at retail to…

November 7, 2023

6 Bourbons That May Blow Your Mind

Did you know that a ball of glass will bounce higher than a ball of rubber (if it doesn’t break…

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…