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…
Thursday had us on the road early in order to get to Buffalo Trace by 9:00 a.m. We arrived and I let the gift shop folks know that we were there to see the BT Barrel Program Manager, Beau. About 10 minutes later Beau shows up and apologizes…
For the annual Kentucky trip we decided to head down a day early and do some range shooting on a friends property. 10 acres and a Kentucky hollow provided nice range shooting of 25 feet to 100 yards. There were about 8-10 of us with one mem…
