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Bourbon Cream

Bourbon Cream Two words that don’t sound like they go together, but I’m here to tell you they do and taste oh so fabulous! You can find Bourbon Cream in several liquor stores, however after you make your own, you’ll never buy another! People will mix Bourbon Cream in...

Finding the Best Distillery Tour

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?!...

Bourbon Barrel Aged

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...

Journeyman Distillery

Journeyman Distillery, With founders: Bill and Johanna Welter  In June 2021, I traveled to Journeyman Distillery located in Three Oaks, Michigan in the southwest corner of our state. I stood in awe of this mammoth size century old factory that has been renovated into...

Croze Nest Cooperage

Croze Nest Cooperage Hand Crafted Whiskey Bourbon Barrels   As a whiskey lover…why is barrel making important to know?   Today’s episode, I visited a cooperage in Grand Rapids to learn how a whiskey bourbon barrel creates all the beautiful, delicious layers...

American Fifth Spirits

Episode 2 features American Fifth Spirits at 112 N Larch in downtown Lansing – right across the street from Jackson Field Stadium, home of the Lansing Lugnuts minor league baseball team and MSU college baseball. The 1920 building has been beautiful revitalized, and...

Iron Fish Distillery

My first episode of Whiskey Wishes and Bourbon Dishes, I had the pleasure to travel to Northern lower Michigan to visit a distillery that is truly a farm to glass production. My trip to Thompsonville, Michigan is less than 2 miles from Crystal MT Resort, and was a...

WWBD Podcast Post

The stories and the interviews of the people who craft spirits, or who create beautiful drinks, or create fabulous foods with whiskey and bourbons are wonderful to learn and explore. The people I've been meeting with have been gracious with their time, and quite often...

How Does Bitters Make It Better?

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...