In the mid-1800s (1850ish) a man named Sewell T. Taylor sold his bar, named “Merchants Exchange Coffee House”, to a man named Aaron Bird. Taylor then started importing spirits, like Cognac, and Bird changed the name of the bar to the Sazerac Coffee House. At some point Bird started using Taylor imported Cognac (Sazerac-de-Forge et […]
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Rabbit Hole Whiskey is officially arriving in the UK. Rabbit Hole Heigold Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey and Boxergrail Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey – both bottled at 47.5% alcohol by volume [95 proof] – are being being made available in the UK. Rabbit Hole Heigold is a high-rye, double malt bourbon made with a high concentration […]
In my late 20s I thought I invented the Perfect Manhattan Cocktail. When I started making and drinking Manhattans, all the cocktail books I had mentioned sweet red vermouth, and all the bars in UT made theirs with sweet red vermouth so, to be different, I made mine with dry vermouth. One night, when I […]
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Tennessee-based Uncle Nearest – which was founded by Fawn Weaver in 2017, and celebrates Nathan ‘Nearest’ Green, a formerly enslaved man who was the first-known African-American master distiller – has released a pair of rye whiskies for 2022. Uncle Nearest Rye and Uncle Nearest Single Barrel Rye are the two new rye straight Tennessee whiskies. […]
Recently I’ve been delving into the world of cocktails more and more and with that, I’ve been getting into classic, though a tad bit obscure, cocktails. To fix that I’ve decided to hit some of the true classics, like the Old Fashioned, before going back down the rabbit hole of classic, semi-forgotten or overlooked cocktails. […]
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The George Dickel – Leopold Brothers Collaboration Rye is an interesting new rye for quite a few reasons. I bet you’re wondering what those are? Well, I’ll tell you!
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Have you thought about your top affordable rye whiskeys? This week Jim and I give you our top four affordable rye whiskies. But before I get into those four, let’s dive into what makes a rye and the history of it. The Bourbon Road Media Player Press play above to listen to this
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Like the Elvis TN Whiskey, saying Elvis Rye Whiskey feels weird. The King Rye Whiskey would have been a better name. But I get it, if you’re licensing Elvis’ name and image you wanna get your money’s worth and use that name as much as possible. And in as big a font as possible. Though […]
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We have been promising a couple of things on the podcast and we thought we would try and honor those promises. The first time bringing on our wives as guests. The second was having biscuits and ham. The third was giving you some bourbon cocktails for breakfast or brunch. Welcome to the 2022 Bourbon
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