I’ve seen lots of posts on various social media where people are asking where to go for the best bourbon tour on the Kentucky bourbon trails? Before you listen to Tom, Dick, and Billy Bob online for their input, are you really asking the right question to begin with?!...

Repurposed meets enhanced flavoring!  We’ve all seen it!  Bourbon aged maple syrup, bourbon aged wine, bourbon aged honey…the list goes on and on. After all you can’t re-use a bourbon barrel to make more bourbon – that requires new white oak charred barrels. So, what...

The Basics to Whiskey Bourbon Taste Testing  Taste testing. Sounds like more of a wine thing rather than a bourbon tasting experience. After all this is a whiskey, bourbon blog – not some pansy taste testing pinky finger in the air, with the snooty it feels like,...

How Does Bitters Make It Better? When I started this journey, I drank my bourbon neat. Now after trying different whiskeys, bourbons, and the variety of cocktails you can make with this wonderful brown stuff my palate has changed. The day I started to ‘research’ the...

One of the biggest issues in picking out a new whiskey is the label. Some are so full of numbers & abbreviations that it can be confusing or dare I say, a riddle as to what the heck it is. Let’s solve the mystery and break it down to understand. Brand Name The...

There are so many choices, how do you know what to choose? It can be overwhelming looking at a full rack of whiskey, bourbon, and scotch bottles and not know what to pick. There are so many different varieties and when you're new to the bourbon world it's hard to...

My first taste of whiskey was my Grandfather’s bourbon. He let me take a drink from his glass and at 10 or 12 years old. I didn’t know much about the brown spirit over ice, except it burned a little going down and warmed my belly – and I slept really good that night!...