Fort Hood Receives Holiday Cheer From Beam Global Spirits & Wine and Operation Homefront

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Fort Hood Receives Holiday Cheer From Beam Global Spirits & Wine and Operation Homefront

Operation Homefront, Beam Global Spirits & Wine, and Bank of America joined together today to offer holiday cheer and support to the military community by hosting a Holiday Meal Give-a-Way event to the Warrior Transition Brigade at Ft. Hood, TX. Each company of the Warrior Transition Brigade was represented and picked-up food and a gift… Read more »

Firefly Eggnog Recipe

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Firefly Eggnog Recipe

This recipe comes from one of our favorite Bourbon Bars and Southern restaurants, Firefly Southern Grill in Evansville, Indiana. It is no longer open, but the memories of their eggnog live on. Yes, it uses raw eggs. Owner Josh are told that the alcohol cooks the raw eggs. Firefly Eggnog You need three large bowls, a… Read more »

Booker Noe, the Bourbon Legend, Video from 1993

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Booker Noe, the Bourbon Legend, Video from 1993

We recently met filmmaker/photographer Steve Weiss who filmed over 100 videos for Jim Beam Brands from the late 1980’s to late 1990’s. Steve shares this 1993 video below spotlighting the late Booker Noe. With interviews with then Jim Beam Master Distiller Booker Noe and his son Fred Noe, the video was made for the theater… Read more »

Maker’s Mark Eggnog

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Maker’s Mark Eggnog

Maker’s Mark Eggnog 1 liter Maker’s Mark 1 quart milk 1 quart heavy cream 2 dozen eggs (for egg whites) 1 1/2 cups sugar nutmeg for garnish Separate eggs and beat yolks until creamy. Whip sugar into yolks. Beat whites until they stand in peaks, adding 1/2 cup additional sugar, if desired. Beat yolks and… Read more »

The Fig Thing

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The Fig Thing

Hey you little “Fig Thing,” get over here and give me some Winter “sugar.” Oh yeah, give me some Jim Beam Black and Harvey’s to kick my figs in a cool new direction in this Christmas cocktail recipe. The Fig Thing 1 ½ parts Jim Beam Black ½ part Harvey’s Bristol Cream 1 part Fresh… Read more »

Jim Frost with Jim Beam and Drambuie

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Jim Frost with Jim Beam and Drambuie

Feeling frostbitten?  Try this recipe is at your holiday party to bring together old world flavor of Drambuie with a sweet and chilly and frosty Kentucky mix.  Just in time for the holidays and the new bottle design of Drambuie. Jim Frost 2 parts Jim Beam Bourbon 1 part Drambuie 1 dash grenadine syrup 1… Read more »

Kentucky Blizzard

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Kentucky Blizzard

This holiday cocktail combines a winter cranberry fruitiness with the right balance of whiskey and frostbite to transport you to Kentucky on a cold night. The warmth of Jim Beam kicks in at the end. Kentucky Blizzard 1 1/2 parts Jim Beam Bourbon 1 1/2 parts cranberry juice 1/2 parts lime juice 1/2 parts grenadine… Read more »

Bourbon For Christmas

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Bourbon For Christmas

We believe the best holiday gift is spending time with our friends and loved ones. A gift of spirits is always appreciated too, so we thought we’d take a look at a few options for you in the Bourbon category. Here are a few below that we’ve spotted. Jim Beam has a holiday gift carton… Read more »

What would you put on a bottle of whiskey?

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What would you put on a bottle of whiskey?

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

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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 »