We know for Valentine’s Day what matters most is the love between people. Okay, we get that. But we’re BourbonBlog.com, so we want to know what whisk(e)y or Bourbon do you love the most? Answer below under comments and leave a reply here. Invite you to answer as you like and share your favorites with… Read more »
BourbonBlog.com continues our Valentine’s Day cocktails, with colors and flavors celebrating spirits from Champagne to ports. Saint Valentine by David Wondrich First showcased in David Wondrich’s column for Esquire, this cocktail is great for anytime of the year. Shake well with ice: 1 ½ oz good, flavorful white rum such as banks 5 Island ½… Read more »
A few Valentine’s Day vodka cocktails from the love at first sight – “first glance” to the spicy romance that sparks, more Valentine’s cocktails from BourbonBlog.com A Spicy Romance 1 1/2 parts EFFEN Black Cherry Vodka 3/4 parts DeKuyper O3 Orange Liqueur 3/4 parts Fresh Pomegranate juice 1/2 parts Lime juice 1/2 parts Simple Syrup… Read more »
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 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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
× 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 »
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