How will Maker’s Mark Rinsing Bourbon Barrels Affect Other Products You Enjoy?

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Bourbon barrels

CLICK ABOVE TO PLAY PODCAST After the news of Maker’s Mark’s plan to “rinse” barrels, a.k.a. extracting every last ounce of whiskey trapped inside the wood, BourbonBlog.com investigates how this decision could affect other products you enjoy from Scotch whiskey to beer. BourbonBlog.com’s Tom Fischer interviews Compass Box Whisky U.S. Ambassador Robin Robinson about potential consequences on the spirit industry and… Read more »

Shooter Jennings and Barrel House Distilling’s Devil John Moonshine

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The Other Life Shooter Jennings

BourbonBlog.com Barrel House Distilling  tells that country music artist Shooter Jennings has signed a partnership agreement with Barrel House Distilling Company, makers of Devil John Moonshine, and Accelerated Brands, a spirits brand development firm. The deal, which includes promotional support of Jennings’ recent ‘The Other Life’ CD and movie release, his upcoming summer Gunslinger Tour, and future development… Read more »

Maker’s Mark Rinsing Barrels, will the flavor change?

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Makers Mark Bourbon Barrel

Maker’s Mark Bourbon tells BourbonBlog.com that they will be changing things up again at the distillery by “rinsing” their Bourbon barrels after they are dumped to fully extract all the Bourbon trapped inside and adding to bottles of their Bourbon By using Bourbon in the barrel that currently isn’t being used, they say this change… Read more »

Memorial Day Cocktail Recipes

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Rum Drink

BourbonBlog.com wishes you the best on your holiday weekend and suggests the following cocktails created by some of the best mixologists in the country! We thank all the veterans for their service and raise a toast of remembrance to all our fallen American heroes. Chicago Lakefront Lemonade  Created by Chicago Mixologist Lynn House  Memorial Day weekend in Chicago is… Read more »

St. Elmo’s Fire Review

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St Elmos Fire Liquor

As cinnamon flavored whiskies and themed spirits saturate the market, it takes a lot to catch the attention of our taste buds us at BourbonBlog.com. MB Roland introduces St. Elmo’s Fire at 100 proof and we’ve been given the exclusive opportunity to review it first on BourbonBlog.com After tasting this, our taste buds are standing at burning attention. Savory heat means… Read more »

Bode Miller Interview

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Bode Miller

× BourbonBlog.com interviews is American World Cup alpine ski racer Bode Miller in the video above. He says he has taken a year off and has been supporting his wife’s volleyball career, but his season will start back up soon. Bode says he is a fan of Fireball and honey flavored whiskies, but has a… Read more »

Miss Kentucky Jessica Casebolt Interview

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Miss Kentucky Jessica Casebolt

× BourbonBlog.com‘s Tom Fischer interviews Miss Kentucky Jessica Casebolt in the video above at Kentucky Derby 139’s Steamboat Race. As a native of Pikeville, Kentucky, Jessica says she is proud to call Kentucky home and is taking a year off from studies at Georgetown College with a lot planned for her time as Miss Kentucky…. Read more »

Valerie Harper Interview

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Valerie Harper

× BourbonBlog.com‘s Tom Fischer interviews actress Valerie Harper at Barnstable Brown Derby Eve Gala 2013 in the video above. She attends Derby shortly after her announcement of her terminal brain cancer which was in March 2013. Valerie Harper,  age 73, most known for her role as Rhoda Morgenstern in The Mary Tyler Moore Show, she… Read more »

About Hendrick’s Gin

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Hendricks Gin

× We learn about Hendrick’s Gin and what makes it so unique from  Mark Stoddard, USA Hendrick’s Gin Ambassador. Hendrick’s Gin is made at the Hendrick’s Gin Distillery in Girvan, Scotland. Hendrick’s is the marriage of two different spirits from two rare and unusual stills: the Bennet Still and the Carter-Head still. By combining the two, we… Read more »