It’s Fall, dammit! Time to get cozy with some autumnal booze. The great thing about this simple apple-vanilla bourbon is that it’s so flexible: You can drink it alone, in a Manhattan or in a new creation of your own. (To learn how to design your own recipes, check out our book: DIY Cocktails.) Granny [...]
Figs are in season where I live (and in most of the US), so now is a great time to use this delightful fruit in cocktails. You can even enjoy this fig infusion long after the season is over! The flavor of this fig bourbon is perfect for Fall and holiday drinks. Try it in [...]
It’s the Grand Daddy of the Wild Turkeys – the Wild Turkey 101! Its big, bold and bad-ass. When fern bars reigned supreme during the 1970′s and 1980′s, Wild Turkey was one of the few distilleries to continue bottling at 101 Proof. It refused to compromise and continued its proud tradition of making Bourbon for [...]
On a recent outing to Costco, we ran across a new item – the Kirkland Premium Small Batch Bourbon. You might be thinking, really, Costco is making Bourbon now? Well, Costco isn’t really making Bourbon – they sourced it from one of the distilleries and private labelled it. Given the price at .99, I was [...]
Firefly Sweet Tea Bourbon comes from our friends at the Firefly distillery. They import Buffalo Trace Bourbon from Kentucky and infuse with their proprietary sweet tea recipe. Firefly Sweet Tea Bourbon is the ultimate Southern treat – the marrying of Bourbon and sweet tea. The Firefly Sweet Tea Bourbon is almost the same color as [...]
Angel’s Envy is a new entrant in the bourbon market – launched in 2010 by Lincoln Henderson, a master distiller with over 40 years in the business. Angel’s Envy has many unique qualities – from its distiller to its finish in port barrels to it’s bottle inspired by early 20th century whiskey bottles. Each bottle [...]
With the Kentucky Derby coming up, thoughts are turning to the mint julep. This cocktail has been the signature drink of Churchill Downs since 1938, when they started serving the mint julep in souvenir glasses for 75 cents each. If you don’t think the word “julep” sounds particularly Southern, you’re right. The cocktail, known as [...]
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