The Ragged Branch Distillery located in Charlottesville, Virginia, is a farm-to-bottle distillery with a 500 gallon Vendome still. This means they grow all of their grain on their farm. Dave Pickerell was instrumental in setting up the distillery and d…
I have in my archive, several copies of William C. Biles Cincinnati Price Current booklets. They are interesting little pieces of history, full of historic information on American Whiskey. I thought I would share with my readers some of this… Continu…
Lee Kennedy at Leiper’s Fork Distillery, is making some very good whiskey. This single barrel Rye whiskey is no exception. It sold out on the first day that they offered the whiskey for sale, but they are making more of… Continue Reading →
The Bardstown Bourbon Company is a distillery founded on the business plan of contract distilling whiskey for other people. That does not mean that they don’t have their own whiskeys for sale. They have created their “Discovery Series” and their… Con…
It is that time of the year for holiday gift giving. The Bourbon enthusiast on your gift list will want to receive some Bourbon related gifts. I thought I would make some suggestions for those who need ideas. To start… Continue Reading →
Steven Roennfeldt is best known as “Steve the Bartender”, an Australian bartender that has a popular YouTube channel. I first came across Steve the Bartender when looking for mint julep recipes on YouTube. He had a very good recipe where… Continue Re…
Monk’s Road Wheated Bourbon is the product of the Log Still Distillery founded a couple of years ago the old J.W. Dant site in Gethsemane, Kentucky. The distillery founders are J.W. “Wally” Dant along with his cousins, Lynne E. and… Continue Reading …
I was recently in Charlotte, North Carolina to do an event that benefitted the American Heart Association. I was hosted by the Southern Distilling Company of Statesville, North Carolina. I have been to the distillery before, in 2019, but they… Contin…
I recently signed on to do a Bourbon cruise on the Paddlewheel Riverboat, American Countess for the last week of August, 2023. I am looking forward to doing this cruise as we have never been on the American Countess. It… Continue Reading →
Castle & Key Distillery recently released their wheat recipe Bourbon. It is a 100 proof, five year old Bourbon, but it is not Bottled-in-Bond. I believe that this is because they are using barrels from multiple seasons and maybe even… Continue Re…
