The History of American Whiskey by Gary Regan

The History of American Whiskey by Gary Regan

Gary “Gaz” Regan is self proclaimed cocktail freak and author, cocktail journalist, who we were familiar with and officially met during BourbonBlog.com’s coverage of the Evan Williams Single Barrel Unveiling. Gaz recently authored the bartender’s GIN compendium. His Bourbon books include The Book of Bourbon and The Bourbon Companion. We are glad that Gaz has… Read more »

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