Locke & Co. is a Colorado based distillery founded by Owen Locke and Rick Talley in 2010 with a 23 gallon still. They age their whiskey in new 30 gallon barrels for two years and finish the whiskey by dropping… Continue Reading →
Back in 1943, George Orwell wrote an essay on what he thought the best English pub should have. I thought that I would look at his requirements for the perfect English pub and make comments about American Bourbon Bars. First… Continue Reading →
When President Hoover was elected, he had promised to have a study done on Prohibition to improve enforcement. In 1929, Hoover appointed George W. Wickersham as chairman of the commission to study the enforcement problems. Wickersham had been the Attor…
I am always happy to see the revival of an old label. Bourbon de Luxe is the latest old label that has been revived by Rolling Fork Spirits, an independent bottler of whiskey. The brand dates back to 1911 and… Continue Reading →
I have known Susan Reigler for over thirty years. I first met Susan when she was the restaurant critic and whiskey writer for the Courier-Journal. I was working for United Distillers as their North American Archivist at that time. Susan… Continue Rea…
Thomas H. Sherley was born on January 1, 1843 in Louisville, Kentucky. His father was a steamboat Captain and his boat was one of the boats that delivered Union troops to the battle of Shiloh. There is no evidence that… Continue Reading →
The other day I received a sample bottle of Angel’s Envy Cask Strength whiskey. Matt and I sat down and tasted it and here are our tasting notes. Angel’s Envy Cask Strength 2024 Proof: 118.8 Age: No Age Statement Nose:… Continue Reading →
Julius Kessler was an important person in distilling history. He was born in 1855 in Budapest, Hungary. He came to America in the 1870s. He worked as a journalist, first in Omaha, Nebraska and then in Denver Colorado, before he… Continue Reading →
For the third year running, Matt and I like to pick our favorite whiskey that we tasted during the year, picking from our whiskeys of the month for the year. This year we had twelve excellent candidates. Any one of… Continue Reading →
The Woodford Reserve Distillery in Woodford County, Kentucky, has been making pot still Bourbon for almost three decades. They were the first distillery since Prohibition to do so. The recipe for their Bourbon is based upon the Old Forester mash… Con…
