I have a habit of holding onto beers way too long that I shouldn’t be holding onto, and I tend to drink the ones right away that I should probably hold onto for a time.  Well, this review is way late to the party, but this beer saved my bacon, and my chicken wings.  See yesterday was […]

That’s me.  Been about a month now.  I just can’t get interested in beer and whiskey right now.  Oh, I still like it, don’t get me wrong, but every night I tell myself I should drink a beer or whiskey and write up a review about it.  Then this overwhelming wave of apathy comes over me […]

Buffalo Trace Distillery has just released an artizan bourbon that is Bottle In Bond and uses a unique souring method for the mash used in the make.  This whiskey is 100 proof and aged for 9 years, so it already sounds like it fits the bill for a good whiskey experience. This is named after […]

Yes, another new product on the way from the folks at Jim Beam.  Chuck Cowdery discusses this new release on his very good blog about the whiskey world and points out that this follows on the heels of several other new releases including Jim Beam Signature, Old Crow Reserve, and Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve. […]

I went to my first ever “Beer Event” the other night and it was a pairing where we drank beer and ate chocolate in various forms.  I must say it was pretty fun, and beer people are just good people to be around and hang out with.  Now I’ve been to GABF in Denver last […]

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways… I love your color…your golden and amber charms have me entranced at first sight I love the way you smell…Like a beautiful woman, your smell makes me draw near I love your legs…long and sexy they fill me with desire and let me know I […]

Gone are the days of the white guys in suits sitting in a smoky boardroom coming up with catchy slogans and jingles for the next great hair gel, whiskey, cigarette, or cereal.  Today’s advertising is sleek, budget driven, and results oriented.  Produce or there are 10 other ad agencies that will want my meager fees […]

Yesterday I posted about Ashley Payne the Barrow Georgia School District English teacher that was forced to resign based on this photo of her on vacation in Europe.  Her transgression?  Well drinking BEER of course!  So clearly this is patently unfair. UGH!  Well I think it is time to put some pressure in her behalf […]

This is the photo that got Ashley Payne, a High School english teacher fired from her Job at Apalachee HS in Barrow County, Georgia.  Nevermind the fact that she was on vacation, nevermind the fact that she didn’t friend students on her Facebook page where the photo was found, nevermind the fact that she did […]

Over the past couple of decades there has been a lot of innovation in the whiskey industry.  One particular type of “innovation” took whiskey back to its roots and allowed for a pure form of whiskey to come back into the market.  The “single barrel” whiskey is how whiskey used to be.  They’d distill it, […]

Nick Collins, You’re the MAN!  When he returned the interception from Ben Roethlisberger to the end zone I thought it was going to be an easy win.  Then when the Pack went up by 17, 21-3 I thought man, this might be a blow out.  Then the Packers became the Packers and lost three of […]

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Every once in a while a story comes along that gets you so conflicted that you really don’t know how to approach it, so you don’t.  This is what happened to me yesterday.  I was combing my usual sources for a post I could put together yesterday when I came across the story I’m about […]

I’ve been reading a lot about the Artisan Whiskey movement lately.  It seems like almost every state has some sort of Artisnal Spirits industry that is in some stage of development.  This all came to a head today when I read that Texas is thinking of putting together their own Bourbon Trail like the original […]

There’s a new…I mean old…no, new bourbon in town.  Early times a brand owned by Brown Forman is re-entering the bourbon market.  Probably best known as the distiller of Jack Daniels Tennessee Whiskey Brown Forman also distills quite a lot of other spirits, including Early Times Kentucky Whiskey.  Early Times has been part of the […]