IU vs Miami: Hard Truth’s Bryan Smith on What Matters Before Kickoff — and the Bourbon Whiskey Parallel

IU vs Miami National Championship tonight: bourbon-fueled pregame with Hard Truth’s Bryan Smith, Curt Cignetti’s rise, key names Kurtis Rourke and Elijah Sarratt, easy bourbon cocktails, and the Nashville, Indiana distillery story behind Hard Truth rye, bourbon, and whiskey.

 
Raising a Glass to Stranger Things: A Bourbon Time Travel from 1983 to the Season 5 Finale (Hawkins, Indiana Edition)

Stranger Things Season 5 finale, “The Right Side Up,” drops New Year’s Eve 2025 as 2026 begins. This Hawkins, Indiana drinking guide time-travels through the show’s 1983–1987 timeline (ending in fall 1987), calls out bottles that fit the era (including Blanton’s timing and the Beam Small Batch context), and gives watch-party Stranger Things cocktails to make.

 
Straight No Chaser Backstage Bourbon Tasting 2204: LIVE Tonight 12-14-2025 at 11 pm EST

× Straight No Chaser is joining BourbonBlog.com ‘s Tom Fischer LIVE tonight (Sunday, Dec 14, 2025) at 10:00 PM CT for a backstage bourbon tasting + hang in the Holiday Road era. Watch live on this link and the video link above. We have been hosting backstage whiskey tastings with these guys for several years,… Read more »

 
WhistlePig’s The Vault Opens in Louisville, Kentucky: Inside the New Whiskey Destination

WhistlePig’s The Vault whiskey bar and destination opens in downtown Louisville, Kentucky and BourbonBlog.com takes you inside: cocktails, Boss Hog pours, dipping your own PiggyBank Rye, and guided tastings in a restored 1911 bank on East Market Street

 
Shiner, Known for Its Texas Beer, Releases First-Ever Limited Shiner Texas Legend Bourbon Whiskey

Shiner, long known for its Texas beer, steps into bourbon with Siner Texas Legend Bourbon Whiskey, a limited, distillery-only four-grain release from its first five bourbon barrels. Get the mashbill, 109-proof cask strength profile, price, and more in this Texas story.

 
WhistlePig Rolls Out Supper-Club Kit Built Around Its 10-Year-Old Signature Rye Whiskey

WhistlePig Launches Proof & Provisions Supper Club Kit with $100 Visa Gift Card for First 100 Orders WhistlePig’s limited-edition Proof & Provisions Supper Club Kit brings its 10-Year Rye home with everything needed to craft two cocktails, host a holiday dinner, and enjoy chef-curated pairings. Includes ingredients, recipes and more.

 
WhistlePig The Boss Hog XII Feather & Flame: cacao-pulque finished, barrel-strength rye

WhistlePig Boss Hog XII “Feather & Flame” from WhistlePig, Vermont is the world’s first rye finished in pulque curado de cacao: barrels seasoned with agave-cacao pulque plus chiltepín, guajillo and pasilla peppers. Single-barrel, barrel-strength 104.8–108.4 proof, SRP $599.

 
Buffalo Trace Antique Collection Turns 25: Colonel E.H. Taylor Bottled-in-Bond Joins the Lineup

Buffalo Trace Antique Collection celebrates its 25th release with the first new addition in nearly 20 years – Colonel E.H. Taylor Bottled-in-Bond Bourbon. Honoring the “Father of Modern Bourbon,” this historic debut joins BTAC’s legendary lineup with a tribute to Taylor’s lasting legacy.

 
Hemingway Bourbon 98-Proof: First Look From Western Kentucky Distilling Co.’s Jacob Call

BourbonBlog.com is the first to deliver a look at Hemingway Bourbon, a 98-proof Kentucky straight bourbon blended from 6-year and nearly 5-year barrels. Produced at Western Kentucky Distilling Co. with Jacob Call, this release follows Hemingway Rye and debuts at Publix Liquors in Florida and Kentucky Bourbon Festival 2025, with more locations to come.