Insights

The Stories Behind the Bottles, Prices, and Trends

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

August 15, 2023

The Rise of ‘Hazmat’ Bourbon

I remember when I was first getting into bourbon, I had a bottle of Bookers that was high proof, which,…

August 8, 2023

Kings County | Not Your Typical Bourbon

A handful of nights back, I received a package in the mail from a barrel pick group I belong to….

August 1, 2023

Weight Loss with a Bourbon Diet

If you’re like me, you probably don’t always make the healthiest choices and may have some bad habits associated with…

July 27, 2023

Midyear 2023 | Secondary Market Movers

We’ve made it halfway through the year and day in and day out bottles are changing hands on the secondary…

July 25, 2023

Cheap Bourbons That Drink Above Their Price

Do you ever find yourself standing in the aisle of the liquor store looking at the ever-expanding bourbon selection and…

July 18, 2023

Top 10 Allocated Bourbons Under $100

As a Bourboneur, my goal is to load my garage bar with as much great brownwater as possible and systematically…

July 11, 2023

The Impact of Wood on Bourbon

From the largest names in bourbon to the smallest craft distillery the one uniting factor that ties them all together…

July 6, 2023

The Secret Behind Your Favorite Bourbon

In last week’s post we did a pulse check on the secondary market given we’re halfway through the year.  We…

June 20, 2023

Storing Bourbon Properly

I live in Texas where most of the year can be considered “summer” and the variation of our four seasons…

June 13, 2023

An Open Letter to Liquor Stores

Dear Liquor Store Owners Across the Nation, Over the past few weeks, I have visited nearly seventy liquor stores spread…

June 6, 2023

Bootlegging Bourbon | Yesterday and Today

As I travelled this past week across the Midwest stopping in through nearly fifty different liquor stores along a swath…

May 30, 2023

5 Things You Didn’t Know About BTAC

If you like whiskey, even in the slightest bit, you would probably have to be living under a rock to…