• Wrapping up 2024 with a few Glen Grant and 2024’s favourites

    Glen Grant 14 yo 2009/2024 (56.9%, Gordon & MacPhail, Connoisseurs Choice, Kirsch Import Germany, refill sherry hogshead, cask #900927, 269 bottles) Glen Grant 21 yo 2003/2024 (53.3%, Royal Mile Whiskies, sherry hogshead, cask #59894, 181 bott…

  • WhistlePig Collabs With Alice Cooper

    Vermont-based WhistlePig has collaborated with rock and roll icon Alice Cooper and released an alcohol-free pre-mixed Old Fashioned cocktail infused with adaptogens called Sex, Drugs, Rock & Dry Old Fashioned. Adaptogens are described as ‘non-psychoactive ingredients’. The limited edition Sex, Drugs, Rock & Dry old Fashioned ready-to-pour cocktail has been crafted with WhistlePig’s non-alcoholic 100% […] The post WhistlePig Collabs With Alice Cooper first appeared on Whisky Critic – Whisky…

  • The Business of Creativity Can Be Tough

     In this stock image, ‘business’ is represented by a guy in a white shirt and tie while ‘creativity’ is represented by a lightbulb bursting with color, which is some pretty lazy creative.About ten years ago, I wrote about what happened when a very…

  • Michter’s Toasted Barrel Bourbon Review (2024)

    By Randall H. Borkus Rating: A This 2024 release of US*1 Toasted Barrel Finish Bourbon is the latest in ten years of the label. The Toasted Barrel expression is distinguished from the standard US*1 Bourbon by its double new oak treatment: a second maturation round in a toasted barrel, following its initial rest in a …

  • Posh Hotels, Good Whiskey And Fine Food

    By Richard Thomas When it comes to good drink and fine food, living in Kentucky offers a bounty so good that it often surprises those not acquainted with the Commonwealth. The presence of the bourbon industry obviously covers the first part of that pairing, but also serves as the wellspring for the latter. Whiskey and …

  • Marie Suize — The “Pantalon” in a Man’s World

    Marie Suize was a French immigrant who made her way in the highly masculine world of the California Gold Rush by cutting her hair short and wearing men’s clothing, including trousers, becoming known as “Marie Pantalon.”  Among her successful enterprises were operating wine and liquor stores in Virginia City, Nevada, and San Francisco where she flaunted her male attire and happily paid the price. This pioneer Western woman was born in…

  • Bourbon Barons – Thomas H. Sherley

    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 →

  • 495 – The Cardinal Sins of Bourbon Hunting

    Got any Blanton’s in the back? Where are you hiding the Pappy? Those are some things you could say to a store […] The post 495 – The Cardinal Sins of Bourbon Hunting appeared first on BOURBON PURSUIT.

  • Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Hy-Vee Pick

    The Woodford Reserve Distillery  was the site of my first KBT  tour. Everyone’s bourbon palate is different, but for me, this is one of…

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