Inspired by Mildred Pierce, the HBO miniseries with Kate Winslet, this pie Bourbon with fresh peaches, peach bitters, lemon juice, cinnamon and honey syrup) Basil Hayden’s Mildred’s Peach Pie 1½ parts Basil Hayden’s bourbon 4 fresh peach slices 2 dashes peach bitters ¾ part lemon juice 1 pinch ground cinnamon ¾ part honey syrup* (see… Read more »

 
True Blood Cocktail

True Blood on HBO now has a cocktail to celebrate the romantic nature of the vampire, also a perfect drink for Valentine’s Day. There are no Southern Vampire Mysteries here, only southern goodness with bourbon and Sookie’s Virtue. Sookie’s Virtue 1½ parts Basil Hayden’s bourbon 8 red grapes 2 raspberries ¾ part lemon juice ¾… Read more »

 
Fire and Ice

This Valentine’s Day cocktail is created to honor HBO’s Game of Thrones, based upon A Song of Ice and Fire, the series of epic fantasy novels by American novelist and screenwriter George R. R. Martin. Fire and Ice 1½ parts Basil Hayden’s bourbon ¾ part fresh lime juice 1 slice jalapeno 1 part pomegranate juice… Read more »

 
Indiana Bourbon and Desirée Vodka, interview with Jerry Knight

Click Below to Stream Interview with Jerry Knight BourbonBLog.com‘s Tom Fischer interviews Jerry Knight, founder of W. H. Harrison Bourbon – “Indiana’s First Bourbon” and the new Desirée Vodka. We’re impressed with the complete collection and since our review of the W. H. Harrison Bourbons, Jerry and Tipton Spirits have also released the a new… Read more »

 
Maker’s 46 for Super Bowl 46

Bill Samuels, Jr., Maker’s Mark Ambassador at Large tells BourbonBlog.com: “It so happens that this year’s epic contest is number 46, which is a number that’s near and dear to my heart. It was the number our barrel maker, Brad Boswell of Independent Stave, assigned to the process of adding seared French oak staves to… Read more »

 
Super Bowl XLVI Cocktail Recipes

BourbonBlog.com brings you a collection of cocktails celebrating Super Bowl XLVI shared by a few of our friends and mixologists. Today the New England Patriots and New York Giants today at Lucas Oil Stadium in Indianapolis, and there is something in this ultimate collection of Super Bowl cocktail drink recipes for everyone from whiskey to… Read more »

 
Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Review and interview Chris Morris

× BourbonBlog.com‘s Tom Fischer reviews the new Woodford Reserve Double Oaked, which we were first to tell you about. In this video segment above, Tom speaks with Woodford Reserve Master Distiller Chris Morris by phone as he tastes the new Bourbon for the first time. Wooddford Reserve Double Oaked Bourbon will be released in March… Read more »

 
The Bourbon Renaissance: New Study Presents Proof of Bourbon’s Resurgence

Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear today unveiled a new study that shows Kentucky’s Bourbon industry is helping carry the Commonwealth through the economic crisis by adding jobs, investing millions in distillery operations and attracting more tourists than ever before. BourbonBlog.com attended a Capitol press conference where Gov. Beshear called Bourbon “a homegrown gem and a bright… Read more »