Every year, Maker’s Mark Bourbon sends their Maker’s Mark Ambassadors a special holiday gift. Last year, it was the Makers Mark ice ball maker. This year, Maker’s Mark has sent all on their “nice list” of ambassadors a holiday themed sweater to dress up a bottle of Maker’s Bourbon. Maker’s Mark tells BourbonBlog.com that the… Read more »
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Red Stag New Releases Honey Tea and Cinnamon and reviews
You’ve seen the Kid Rock Red Stag commercials, we were first to tell you about the original Red Stag release in 2009, and maybe you’ve even partied with the original Red Stag Black Cherry. Jim Beam now prepares to release two new Red Stag flavors of Red Stag Honey Tea and Red Stag Spiced Cinnamon… Read more »
Tim Smith from Moonshiners, Discovery Channel interviewed by BourbonBlog.com
Click Below to Stream Interview with Tim Smith Moonshiner Tim Smith interviewed by BourbonBlog.com‘s Tom Fischer who takes us behind the scenes of the Discovery Channel show Moonshiners, listen this a podcast radio interview above. For the latest on Moonshiners Season 2 and news on Tim Smith, subscribe to our mailing list here and we will send you the… Read more »
2011 Winners of the Second Annual New York International Spirits Competition Tasting Preview
Need some tips on the best spirits to purchase according to some trade expert that do some of the most tasting? New York International Spirits Competition (“NYISC”) tells BourbonBlog.com they’ve just their 2nd annual event at 3 West Club to taste, evaluate and judge over 300 of the world’s best–distilled spirits – a 65% increase… Read more »
Glenfiddich 50 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky
Glenfiddich tells BourbonBlog.com one of the few bottles of the rare Glenfiddich 50 Year Old Single Malt Scotch Whisky available in the U.S has just been sold to an anonymous buyer at Los Angeles International Airport for a price of $17,000. The extremely rare bottle pictured above being held with white gloves is one of… Read more »
Moonshiners on Discovery Channel premieres tonight
× BourbonBlog.com has seen recent increase of legal “moonshine type” with tasty releases like White Dog by Buffalo Trace, Catdaddy Carolina Moonshine, and Original Moonshine from Culpeper Virginia. Now, a new network TV called Moonshiners show will premiere Dec. 6, at 10 pm EST tonight about some real moonshiners in Climax, Virginia. The new Discovery… Read more »
Repeal Day Celebration with Prohibition Cocktails
BourbonBlog.com celebrates today as Repeal Day with the passage of the Twenty-first Amendment to the United States Constitution on December 5, 1933 to end prohibition. Thus, the U.S. Prohibition Era went from January 16, 1920 through December 5, 1933. To celebrate, we’re sharing a few Prohibition era and classic style cocktails using Bourbons and whiskeys…. Read more »
Warm Negroni
BourbonBlog.com‘s new version of the Negroni is served warm as an aperitif to warm the stomach and soul of the guest when coming in from the winter cold. The warmth also opens up the nuances of the Negroni. Warm Negroni 1 oz. Gin (G’Vine Nouaison Gin recommended ) 1 oz. Aperol 1 oz. Sweet Vermouth… Read more »
Richard Paterson on Mackinlay’s Rare Old Highland Malt Whisky
BourbonBlog.com interviews Whyte & Mackay Master Blender Richard Paterson during the launch event of Mackinlay’s Rare Old Highland Malt Whisky at the Explorers Club in Manhattan, New York. Rirchards shows us a small sample of the original whisky which is over 100 years old and explains how he recreated the “Shackleton’s Whisky.” In February 2007,… Read more »
The Whisky Roulette
Spirit tastings are usually quite the banal affairs. BourbonBlog.com‘s Stephen Dennison, in conjunction with louisvillehotbytes.com and Majid’s Restaurant of St Matthews have decided to up the ante for this style of experiencing brown spirits. We invite our friends from Louisville and the surrounding area to attend as we have adapted a number of common wine and… Read more »
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