So by this point I have gotten a lot of bottles of bourbon in my cupboard.  Actually my wife and I discussed this weekend the need for me to get a locking cupboard to keep my “collection” in, and I think we have figured out that the cupboard in the garage will work nicely (too […]

Have you ever had something good happen when you were expecting something …um..not so good?  For example have you ever had your best friend come up to you and explain he needs you to go on a blind date?  That he has met the woman of his dreams only she wouldn’t go out with him […]

So I recently had a birthday.  The first one since Jim and I started this web site.  I’m amazed and surprised at how my brother and I starting this blog has begun to change my loved ones buying habits when it comes to my presents.  See at my size I’m not the easiest guy in […]

The Reverend Elijah Craig was a very principled man.  He was a Baptist minister that is credited with working with James Madison in 1777 to ensure that freedom of Religion was put into the Constitution of the United States.  He had a calling to spread God’s message to the west, so in 1781 he led his […]

I’ve been spending a lot of time lately learning about the virtues of Bourbon.  True this is a whiskey web site, and eventually I will branch out into different types of whiskey, but I have begun this journey with Bourbon whiskey and I have learned a great deal, and tasted some pretty awesome spirits.  To […]

The notion of a flag ship is an interesting concept.  A ship that bears the name of origin that represents the absolute best that a corporation, nation, or world power has to offer.  That seems to apply to just about every example except the bourbon industry. If you travel to New York City and stay […]

KNOB CREEK IS GONE!!!  For this year anyway.  It happens infreaquently, but it does happen.  A whiskey’s supply is out stripped by its popularity.  9 years ago the makers of Knob Creek thought their whiskey would be popular, but didn’t anticipate that it would take off like it has, and the entire concept of small […]

When I last wrote I had just completed my dinner and was headed into the Bar at Ernies Steakhouse to watch the Boise State/Oregon game.  Well we found a couple seats at the bar and put the game on the huge old tube TV sets that were suspended from the cieling like a couple of […]

So when your meetings are over in remote Idaho County and you have three hours to go until dinner and the Boise State/Oregon game, what do you do in Grangeville?  Well my first inclination is to find a bar and have a whiskey or brew.  Our project manager invited us to his favorite watering hole […]

Thanksgiving when I was a little boy was always an adventure.  We were on the way to my Grandma’s house in Milwaukee, Wisconsin for Thanksgiving dinner and I remember the drive from Chicago sometimes felt like an eternity.  See my mother really didn’t get along with her in laws, but was always very pleasant once […]

I’ve only ever drank Wild Turkey 101 proof bourbon from the Austing Nichols distillery in Lawrenceburg, Kentucky.  Upon doing my research for this post however I fould out that they actually have an 86 proof and an 80 proof version of the bourbon.  Perhaps in a later post I can look into these less endowed […]

This is my go to Whiskey! The one I will order when in a club, or want a drink from my bar. It is, simply put, my house spirit. So because of this forgive me if I gush a little. The distillers at Knob Creek have found their way into my heart and they satisfy […]

I know, I know…I said I was going to review Knob Creek.  Sorry.  I went to my cabinet and my bottle was empty, so I found a flask of Makers Mark that I had been keeping that was just about gone, so I thought I would make this my first blog review instead.  Sorry to […]

Ok,,,so like welcome to our blog eh yah it’s like a blog about Beer and Whiskey eh Ok, and like we’re brothers too…. Don’t worry I won’t subject you to an interminable amount of Bob and Doug McKenzie, but it should be said that we are brothers and I am Don.  I know a little […]