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Five Tips for Landing Rare Bourbon
Posted by Fred MinnickStill, the fact remains that there are many great bourbons you simply can no longer find. Bourbon fans are victims of bourbon’s success.
May 10, 2019 -
Barns Courtney rocks Beam American Stillhouse’s first-ever pop-up show
Posted by Carla CarltonThe Barns Courtney show was a one-off, Cohen said, “but our intent is to continue to use the American Stillhouse as a venue for epic experiences for our fans. So we could certainly do more of these in the future.”
May 10, 2019 -
Peggy’s Mint Julep
Posted by Peggy Noe StevensSpringtime in the South means two things…Derby and Mint Juleps
April 30, 2019 -
Sublime Brandy
Posted by Fred MinnickBut brandy—which essentially means distilled fruit—is sublime. Like whiskey, brandy is a categorical term with subcategories throughout the world. Let’s explore.
April 29, 2019 -
Defining Craft
Posted by Fred MinnickAs these companies grow, they’ll add fermenters and distillation equipment, and will be synonymous with bourbon perfection. By then, the word “craft” will be a little more defined.
April 29, 2019 -
Rye Not?
Posted by Fred MinnickAccording to a 1935 Hunter Baltimore Rye Whiskey ad: “In the Gay Nineties, and on through the Spanish-American War when Theodore Roosevelt took his Rough Riders to Cuba, Hunter Rye was in demand nation-wide, and had become well-known in London. ‘First Over The Bars,’ it had won a world reputation for taste among English-speaking peoples—it was in fact the largest-selling rye whiskey in the world.”
April 29, 2019 -
Five Sources of Flavor
Posted by Fred MinnickBut, what if a single stave was more porous than the others? It could leak and suddenly the barrel is losing up to 15 percent of whiskey a year. That will greatly change the flavor.
April 29, 2019 -
Water of Life
Posted by Fred MinnickSo, it’s time to lose the college frat-boy mentality with Irish whiskey. Sip and savor, my friends. This is great whiskey.
April 29, 2019 -
Vodka versus Whiskey
Posted by Fred MinnickDid you know vodka didn’t have a US federal definition until the late 1950s? It’s true. And when the mostly Russian and Polish spirit started garnering minute amounts of acclaim, the whiskey distillers lobbied the government to create a definition that would surely defeat its popularity.
March 28, 2019 -
American Blends to Try
Posted by Fred MinnickLong before the bourbon craze, distillers gave private tours and used the words mingled or married to describe the process of blending barrels together. As was often the case, somebody in the audience asked why they used these strange words when the term blended fit so perfectly to describe the action of, you know, blending barrels. “Blending is a dirty word,” the distiller would say without much explanation.
March 28, 2019
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