Right now if you want a George T. Stagg or the much-hyped Pappy Van Winkle 15, you are going to pay a premium and by premium, I mean as much as $1,500 or more on the secondary market for said Pappy. The history of now with respect to whiskey is f…
I’ve lived in Virginia for nearly 32 years and for that duration, the Commonwealth has been an ABC state. Back when I moved here in 1985 my bourbon of choice was Wild Turkey 8 year 101 or Kentucky Spirit. It took nearly 20 years to come aro…
Want to wish everyone a happy and safe Thanksgiving. Among my enthusiast friends, this time of year always generates the question “what are you drinking this Thanksgiving?”. I don’t know about the rest of you but I really don’t map out what…
Over the years my job has taken me to places all over the world; Europe, Asia, Africa, South America, Middle East and Down Under. On my bucket list of places to at least visit once has been Paris and Rome so while in between jobs in May, my wife …
Sorry, sorry sorry…..it’s been quite some time since I’ve posted. Up until about 3 weeks ago I was heavily engaged in the selling of a business that really took longer and more of my time that I expected so it impacted time reserved for extra c…
One of the benefits of picking your own barrel is actually taking possession of the barrel if you choose. I’ve done that twice with two of our Four Roses picks back 2-3 years ago. One local member of our bourbon club took possession of one …
This is my second run of using a 5 liter oak barrel to age the Manhattan cocktail. I like a good cocktail but must admit, I’m pretty novice when it comes to mixed drinks. My father in law is a big lover of Manhattan’s so that was my introdu…
Ok, show of hands who has stood in line and/or joined a lottery for the BTAC or Pappy or Parkers or Birthday Bourbon? That’s what I thought….a whole lot of you. I admit, I too joined a lottery as I figured it’s no effort on my part to ent…
It’s been a busy couple of months so I’m running behind on getting some posts up. That being said, I wanted to drop a post on a coming documentary NEAT: The Story of Bourbon coming out sometime in 2016. Also, for those with DIRECTV, you can…
For the annual Kentucky trip we decided to head down a day early and do some range shooting on a friends property. 10 acres and a Kentucky hollow provided nice range shooting of 25 feet to 100 yards. There were about 8-10 of us with one mem…
