Do you bourbon hunt? This week Jim and I took the time to chat with three bourbon friends and the three moderators of our facebook, Adam, Jason and Drew about how they hunt. We all shared what kind of hunters we are and what we have landed this year. The Bourbon Road Media
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Heaven Hill’s highly anticipated annual fall limited release of Parker’s Heritage Collection is back and continues the recent series of heavy char barrel strength whiskey. For 2021—the fifteenth edition—Parker’s Heritage Collection is an 11-year Kentucky Straight Wheat Whiskey. I was a huge fan of…
I found this 1981 Old Forester Kentucky Straight Bourbon on a dusty hunt 5+ years ago. When I got home I checked the bottom for a glass date code and saw an 81. It immediately went to a specific shelf in my whiskey bunker. A shelf with a set expiration date. On this shelf it […]
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I was digging through a shelf of “to review” whiskeys and found this open bottle of Gambler 500 Whiskey sitting in the back. I don’t remember where it came from, likely a tasting, but looking on the back and seeing the infamous “produced and bottled by” I knew I had to grab it and dig […]
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Are you ready for Thanksgiving. Jim and I sure are and this week we chatted about what bourbons we will drink as well as some of our favorite dishes that day. Guaranteed there is just a little Wild Turkey in this episode. The Bourbon Road Media Player Press play above to listen to
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Evan Williams is insanely popular worldwide, and now Heaven Hill has released a newly-redesigned 1783 Small Batch, along with a bump in proof. The name 1783 comes from the year Evan Williams first opened his distillery on the Ohio River in Louisville, when Kentucky…
Well folks, this is the last of the Still House Sessions at Leipers Fork Distillery, and I think we saved a really good one for last. Two great guests on this episode… Taylor Austin Dye and Old Jack D (Jack Daniels Single Barrel Barrel Proof). The Bourbon Road Media Player Press play above
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Hailing from one of my favorite distilleries, the George Dickel Bottled In Bond Spring 2007 13 Years is exactly what its name says it is. And I love that. No surprises, no having to play detective, no having to rant. Just whiskey. Honest, straight up, easy to discern, and know what you’re drinking, whisky – […]
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October 24, 2021 – Striking Heaven Hill workers are putting away their picket signs and preparing to return to work this week after ratifying a new five-year contract Saturday. 420 members of the United Food and Commercial Workers Local 23-D had been on strike since September 11 at Heaven Hill’s main maturation and bottling facilities in Bardstown, Kentucky. Both sides will now try to repair damaged relationships following the six-week strike, which led to at least one court hearing, a National Labor Relations Board complaint, and the beginnings of a social media-fueled boycott movement targeting Heaven Hill whiskies after the Read More »
October 22, 2021 – After nearly six weeks of picketing, accusations, and counter-accusations, a tentative agreement has been reached between Heaven Hill Distilleries and Local 23-D of the United Food and Commercial Workers union. Union members will vote on the five-year contract tomorrow. The agreement followed Heaven Hill’s announcement earlier this week that it would begin hiring replacements for 420 striking workers after declaring an impasse in contract talks. In addition, there has been a growing backlash against the company on social media since that announcement with calls for a boycott of Heaven Hill’s brands, including the popular Evan Williams Read More »
