Author name: Chuck Cowdery

Has the Next Great Whiskey Glut Begun?

 Whiskey maturing in Kentucky.Ever since the “bourbon boom” began, about 20 years ago, people have speculated about a future whiskey glut. Now, we have data.Bernstein is a research firm that helps institutional investors manage their portfolios. R…

The House that Old Crow Built

 Seaview Terrace, also known as the Carey Mansion, in Newport, Rhode Island.If you recognize the mansion pictured above, it probably has nothing to do with Old Crow Bourbon. The house is famous in its own right, as the fifth-largest of Newport’s f…

I. W. Harper Deserves Better

 I. W. Harper Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, 41% alc/volIn 2015, Diageo relaunched I. W. Harper bourbon, a 19th century brand created by the Bernheim Brothers. The relaunch did not set the world on fire. Some old brands have been suc…

Prohibition Is an Awful Flop. We Love It!

 The repeal of Prohibition in 1933 was widely celebrated.National Prohibition in the United States (1920-1933) was always divisive, and many otherwise law-abiding Americans never accepted its legitimacy. Several years in, the “noble experiment” wa…

What’s in a Name? (Beam’s Version)

 Fred, Freddie, and Booker Noe, at the Jim Beam Distillery, Bullitt County, Kentucky.What’s in a name? That which we call a roseBy any other name would smell as sweet;So Romeo would, were he not Romeo call’d,Retain that dear perfection which he ow…

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