Check out the feed from the Wild Turkey bloggers tasting we participated in a few weeks back.  It’s a little rough around the edges, but it’s a nice way to spend some time with legendary Master Distiller Jimmy Russell and his son, Associate Distiller Eddie Russell. It’s also fun to see Jimmy bristle at my […]

Because anyone who’s anyone has a podcast (except for all those anyones who don’t) we’ve decided to get in on the action. Hit the link below to pop over to iTunes and download our first attempt at our podcast, which we’re calling the Invisible TV Show.  We promise it’s good for a few laughs, and […]

Well as some of you know last week we began our podcasting for the Beer and Whiskey Brothers.  The shows will be available soon through iTunes but there is a bit of a delay because iTunes has to listen to and approve the first one, then we should be able to post immediately after they […]

Well, the 4th is over and it is time to pay the piper!  Too much fun and jocularity have given way to things that need to be accomplished around the house!  This weekend will include trying to fix my Kitchen sink, filling our pool which finally got fixed today, and doing domestic type stuff like […]

Maker’s Mark has been making wheat Bourbon for the last 55 years one way and only one way.  They actually have a very unique process for the whiskey that involves red winter wheat, and locally grown grains in combination with local limestone filtered spring water, and a proprietary yeast strain that combine in fermentation and […]

So the big weekend has come to a close and I’m having a hard time standing upright.  I blame my brother Don, I blame Don Draper and I blame Kentucky. You see, I have a pretty potent whiskey hangover right now, as I fought to enjoy every scrap of time I could find this weekend.  […]

I know it’s the 4th weekend so many of you are probably taking off early today, so here it is for the weekend!  It is Independence day weekend and it is typically celebrated with friends and family by barbecuing and blowing stuff up, hopefully not the family cat!  The reason I say this is it […]

Over the last couple of days I’ve heard a lot of people complaining about Summer.  They are sick of it.  They want cool weather, and dark beer.  Well to them I just have one thing to say…Why don’t you go the the fridge and draw yourself a big frosty glass of shutthehellup! I live in […]

OK, so some of you have really been brow beating me for this post, so here it is, and it better be one of my best traffic’d posts ever, since you have all been clamoring for it.  This is a symbiotic relationship…I produce, you read…Got me?!  OK, not that I’ve got that little bit off […]

I’ve fielded several questions in the past about how to select a bottle of whiskey.  I recently posted about different types of whiskey and how you might know if you like a certain whiskey or not.  That was based on mash bill percentages, and chances are if you liked one type on the list you […]

Bulleit Bourbon has had to muscle around with the big boys to get respect and the shelf space they deserve, but in large part they have had success even though they are otherwise a smaller player in the bourbon scene.  They are crafted in small batches at the Diageo Distillery in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.  I however, […]

So the Weekend is upon us!!  I thought it would never get here.  It’s been one of those weeks, a real grind just trying to make it to the other side of the week and a chance at some relaxation and recuperation.  My brother Jim will be heading to one of his favorite activities to do […]

Don and I had the pleasure of taking part in an online tasting with Wild Turkey last night.  And while we both survived sampling the six beverages they provided, the “after party” nearly killed us (one of us more than the other).  Oh, and Don won the Ice War. But let’s start at the beginning.  […]

It is Interesting how often I get this question.  Whiskey can be quite intimidating for people who have never had it before, or the extent of their experience is getting so wasted on Jack Daniels in college that they haven’t touched the stuff for 20 years!  Well just like craft beer, Whiskey has gone through […]

Over 100 years ago Ernest Shackleton, famed Irish explorer had an expedition to try and reach the south pole.  And just like any good Irishman would do, he made sure that the expedition was well stocked with what else but Whisky and Brandy.  Well as things sometimes happen, he had to abandon his hopes to […]