Stranger Things Season 5 finale, “The Right Side Up,” drops New Year’s Eve 2025 as 2026 begins. This Hawkins, Indiana drinking guide time-travels through the show’s 1983–1987 timeline (ending in fall 1987), calls out bottles that fit the era (including Blanton’s timing and the Beam Small Batch context), and gives watch-party Stranger Things cocktails to make.

 
Straight No Chaser Backstage Bourbon Tasting 2204: LIVE Tonight 12-14-2025 at 11 pm EST

× Straight No Chaser is joining BourbonBlog.com ‘s Tom Fischer LIVE tonight (Sunday, Dec 14, 2025) at 10:00 PM CT for a backstage bourbon tasting + hang in the Holiday Road era. Watch live on this link and the video link above. We have been hosting backstage whiskey tastings with these guys for several years,… Read more »

 
WhistlePig’s The Vault Opens in Louisville, Kentucky: Inside the New Whiskey Destination

WhistlePig’s The Vault whiskey bar and destination opens in downtown Louisville, Kentucky and BourbonBlog.com takes you inside: cocktails, Boss Hog pours, dipping your own PiggyBank Rye, and guided tastings in a restored 1911 bank on East Market Street