I was walking around my local liquor store and I noticed something strange. A worker was carrying around 3 bottles of George Dickel that I had tasted at a recent tasting. I remember the Dickel being a rather rare bottle…
Note: If you are reading this from West Fork, I would love to come visit. This post is from my research online and I would love to write a post about my actual experience. I’ve been a fan of West…
As I woke up this morning, I received an email from Buffalo Trace that included some updates on their expansion, some new expressions, a fundraiser, a 5k, and something I didn’t expect: A section on Counterfeiting and Fraud. I’ve always…
I want to introduce the Indiana Barrel Pick Club – An extension of the Bourbon Master community. The Indiana Barrel Pick Club is group of bourbon lovers who want to get access to special content, reviews, tastings, and barrels of…
I’ve been vacationing in Siesta Key, Florida for the past 10 years or so and I’ve been on a hunt for a good bourbon spot. If I have a day of rain or if I want to end the night…
A year ago today, a close family friend gave me the opportunity to taste Pappy Van Winkle for the first time. It was a Christmas surprise that I throughly enjoyed. Since the Facebook memory popped up today, I want to…
I’m not sure that this opinion will be the most popular in the bourbon community, but I am a firm believer that barrel picks are typically a better purchase than an allocated or rare bottle of bourbon. I think there…
If you read my blog post about Kentucky Tea, you know that I recently had a chance to try the Booker’s 2022-03 Kentucky Tea Batch bourbon. And from some of the feedback I have received, some of you want a…
On my latest trip to Green Bay (GO PACK GO), I made an executive decision to stay one additional night on the way back in Michigan. Part of me did this because my 2-year-old needed a break from the car,…
If you are an actual midwesterner, you know that we love our breaded tenderloins. That being said, it would be stupid for me to try to tell you what to pair withe a breaded tenderloin. Instead, I’ll defer to my…
