Bottles of whiskey etch memories into our lives.  Some of those marks go pretty deep the next morning.   But if you could have any phrase carved on a bottle of Woodford Reserve Bourbon, what would it be?  (Do answer that question by leaving a comment below) Tonight, I joined a few friends from Brown-Forman and… Read more »

 
Bourbon Radio

BourbonBlog.com has partnered with Slacker Personal Radio to create BourbonRadio.com, which you can stream now.  This could be one of the first radio stations dedicated to a spirit of any kind. We’ve continued to see Bourbon and music mixing well together over the last several years. From Kid Rock’s recent partnering with Jim Beam’s Red… Read more »

 
Chocolate Mint Julep Cookie Recipe from Maker’s Mark Distillery’s Toll Gate Cafe

If you’ve been to the Maker’s Mark Distillery in Loretto, Kentucky, you might been to their Toll Gate Cafe. Maker’s Mark has given BourbonBlog.com this recipe for one of our favorite treats there.  Join us for our special video tour of Maker’s Mark in the video below this recipe, and check our more bourbon recipes… Read more »

 
Mexican Beers Reviewed

We review Sol, Negra Modelo Dark, Pacífico, and Spain’s Estrella Damm in the video below along with some Spanish music and “hasta el culo”

 
Parker’s Heritage “Golden Anniversary” Edition Review

BourbonBlog.com‘s Tom Fischer and Firefly Southern Grill Co-Owner Joshua Armstrong review the 2009 Parker’s Heritage “Golden Anniversary” Edition from Heaven Hill Distilleries in the episode below. Heaven Hill Master Distiller Parker Beam’s 50 years of bourbon making are celebrated in one bottle containing bourbon from each of his five decades. This rare marriage of whiskeys… Read more »

 
The Vieux Carré Classic Cocktail Recipe Demonstrated

The Vieux Carré is yet another classic cocktail making a comeback. In the video below, BourbonBlog.com’s Tom Fischer demonstrates how to make a Vieux Carré using (rī)1 Ultra-premium Rye Whiskey and Hennessy Cognac VS, recipe and info below too. × The Vieux Carré * 1 ounce (rī)1 Ultra-remium Rye Whiskey * 1 ounce Hennessy Cognac… Read more »

 
Heaven Hill Distilleries Captures “U.S. Whisky Distiller of the Year” For The Second Consecutive Year at Whisky Magazine’s 2009 U.S. Icons of Whisky Presentation

BourbonBlog.com congratulates Heaven Hill Distilleries, Inc., the nation’s largest independent family-owned and operated distilled spirits producer and marketer, for being voted the best distiller in the United States for the second consecutive time during the presentation of Whisky Magazine’s U.S. Icons of Whisky America.  The Icons of Whisky “celebrate the people and places behind the… Read more »

 
Bourbon Turkey from a Turkey Expert and Podcast

Renee Ferguson, Cookbook author, guest speaker, and “Turkey Diva” joins us on BourbonBlog.com. As a former Butterball expert, Renee has appeared on the FOOD NETWORK’s “Throwdown!” with Bobby Flay, in Southern Living and  I recently I did an interview with her our sister website Tripodder.com, listen to this podcast below now! Renee also shares her… Read more »

 
Official Cocktail of Black Friday with America’s First Bottled Bourbon – Old Forester

With Black Friday approaching, our friends at Old Forester, America’s First Bottled Bourbon, tell us they have created the “Official Cocktail of Black Friday.”  If you are going to be the FIRST shopper out the door in the morning hitting those Black Friday sales, then be FIRST person home in the afternoon who has their… Read more »

 
Woodford Reserve Manhattan Experience Contest Finals at Soho Mews with Esquire Magazine by Matt Capucilli

Arriving at the penthouse at the Soho Mews building in downtown New York City, I speak briefly with two attractive ladies working the front door and I follow a courtyard to a solitary elevator ride. At the top floor I’m quickly greeted with a classic Woodford Manhattan cocktail, and the first sip smoothly welcomes me… Read more »