William Grant & Sons, the independent Scottish family company behind Glenfiddich, The Balvenie and Grant’s, is launching its first from-the-ground-up American whiskey. Fistful of Bourbon is a blend of five straight American bourbons done by Master Blender Brian Kinsman. As a straight bourbon, the minimum age is two years. It’s bottled at 45% ABV and priced at $24.99 for a ...
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Bourbon & Beyond Festival Teams Up With Moonshine University
Festival goers to the 2018 Bourbon and Beyond Festival can up their bourbon game with on-site bourbon education courses offered by Moonshine University’s Stave and Thief Society. Educators will host free, 45-minute workshops during the festival between performances September 22nd and 23rd. Each 45-minute session explores what defines “Bourbon” and how it differs from other whiskies. Participants will also examine ...
Read More »Apple Bourbon Pulled Pork Barbecue Recipe
By Richard Thomas As I’ve established pursuing my cooking with whiskey beat, bourbon and apples go together. Bourbon and barbecue go together. There is also a tradition that says apples go with barbecue, whether it be applewood in the smoker or apples in the sauce. In this recipe, we’re putting all three together for some sweet pulled pork. Ingredients A ...
Read More »Old Fitzgerald Bottled In Bond Bourbon Review (Autumn 2018)
By Richard Thomas Rating: B When Heaven Hill introduced the new Old Fitzgerald Bottled In Bond (BiB) as a bi-annual limited edition, the usual grumbling was (refreshingly) muted, but absent. What croaking I saw about that Spring 2018 release scoffed at paying $110 for an 11 year old bourbon, complaining that you can still get 10 year old Henry McKenna ...
Read More »Wyoming Whiskey Steamboat Bourbon Review
By Father John Rayls Rating: B Steamboat Special Edition Straight Bourbon Whiskey is produced by Wyoming Whiskey, located in Kirby, Wyoming. A casual observer might ponder how an old boating concept was chosen as the namesake for this whiskey, given Wyoming is best known for big sky, not big water. “Steamboat” was the name of an “unrideable” horse at the ...
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