This past week from September 10th through September 15th I had the honor to attend the First Ever Camp Runamok. What is Camp Runamok you ask? Well here it is in their words: Bartender Summer Camp in the heart of Kentucky. September 10-15, 2012 Bardstown, Kentucky That’s right .. Yours truly went to Bourbon Camp! […]

So this is an interesting list I found today: Find one of your favorites then go & try some others of the same “Bourbon Recipe”. And as expected ~most~ of my favs are all right there – in the “High-Rye” section. Traditional Bourbon Recipe: * Baker’s * Booker’s * Elijah Craig * Evan Williams * […]

Master Blender Says Whiskey Should Taste As It Did 100 Years Ago A beverage company has asked a team to drill through Antarctica’s ice for a lost cache of some vintage Scotch whiskey that has been on the rocks since a century ago. The drillers will be trying to reach two crates of McKinlay and […]

For loyal Knob Creek fans, the drought — and the wait — are finally over. After running out this summer, the next batch of fully aged Knob Creek Bourbon has been released from the barrels where it has matured for nine years, now ready to bottle and soon ship to establishments and retailers across the […]

Rye whiskey used to be the most popular brown spirit in the United States before Prohibition began in 1919. Rye whiskey is one of three straight American whiskey styles, the other two being Tennessee and Bourbon. With straight whiskey, 51% of the spirit must be made of grain, the spirit must not exceed 160-proof, must […]