I’m not an oracle and I had no insider information to call this one. It’s been done before and will be done again so the prediction wasn’t that hard. Back in April of 2015 I posted that Heaven Hill changed their label format for Elijah Crai…
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…
So it has been essentially two years since we started Bottom of the Barrel Bourbon Podcast and Blog, and let us tell you, it has been quite the experience. We had no idea how much fun it would be, how much we would learn, how many amazing folks we would meet, and how many great…
The blog is Bourbon Dork and I love bourbon. Truth is, I love whiskey and the diversity of profiles whiskey brings to the palate. For anyone that’s been a long reader of this blog, I would not have guessed back in August of 2009 that I woul…
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…
Greetings, Crusaders! Like Old Rip Van Winkle himself, we have awoken from our slumber and are back with a new Around the Barrel podcast! This time around we go through some of the things that have happened while we were away: Darren talks about the Great American Whiskey Fair and becoming a Maker’s Mark Ambassador, we…
It was announced recently that Wild Turkey was releasing a new Rye expression in single barrel format and higher proof as well. That expression showed up on the shelves of VA ABC stores last Tuesday. I happened into a store the other day and noti…
Yup, sorry for the lag in posting but recent life events have taken priority. I wanted to finish up the spring pickings which ended on Friday with a visit to Four Roses and Jim Beam.We headed out from the hotel and arrived at Four Roses about 9:3…
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…
