Knob Creek Bourbon To Get Its 9 Year Age Statement Back Bourbon By Chuck Cowdery / June 13, 2019 You know how brands have been losing their age statements these last few years? Well, one major brand is bringing theirs back. The standard expression of Knob Creek Bourbon will once more have a 9-year age statement on the label. Continue reading > Share
Bourbons That Have Impressed Me The Most Bourbon By Chuck Cowdery / May 20, 2019 Here are some of the bourbons that have impressed one writer the most over the years. Continue reading > Share
What the Market Calls ‘Flavored Whiskey’ Is Not Always That By This Standard American By Chuck Cowdery / May 8, 2019 Flavored whiskey, by one very important standard at least, is not flavored whiskey as you might expect. Continue reading > Share
TTB Aims (Finally) To Catch Major Liquor Labeling Regulations Up With The Times American Bourbon By Chuck Cowdery / December 10, 2018 The U.S. Treasury Department’s Alcohol Tax and Trade Bureau finally makes a massive move to potentially address labeling issues on liquor bottles, including whiskey. Here’s what you need to know. Continue reading > Share
Some Perspective on the Barton Whiskey Warehouse Collapse Bourbon By Chuck Cowdery / July 6, 2018 The complete collapse of a whiskey aging warehouse at the Barton distillery in Kentucky, while certainly of note, won’t hurt its parent company’s operations in the least. Continue reading > Share
The Rest of the Sourced Whiskey Story American Bourbon By Chuck Cowdery / June 26, 2018 Stories about whiskey sourcing appear from time to time and that’s good too, It is an aspect of the industry most people don’t understand, and there are shady operators out there who exploit that ignorance. Continue reading > Share
That Stuff You’re Drinking? It’s Not Whiskey American Lifestyle By Chuck Cowdery / June 4, 2018 Whiskey has exactly one ingredient, whiskey. A mixture of different whiskeys, and nothing else, is still whiskey. A mixture of whiskey and other stuff is not whiskey. It is a cocktail. Continue reading > Share
Don’t Worry Too Much About Those Whiskey Tariffs American Bourbon By Chuck Cowdery / April 13, 2018 The United States exported $1.63 billion worth of distilled spirits products last year, most of it whiskey, most of it from Kentucky and Tennessee. Less than $9 million of that came from China. Continue reading > Share
Handicapping the Bourbon Bust Bourbon Lifestyle By Chuck Cowdery / March 8, 2018 The whiskey industry is historically cyclical. Does that mean we’re barreling down on a bourbon bust? Continue reading > Share
Crown Royal Bourbon Mash Canadian Whisky Is Wrong Because ‘MERICA! Canadian Lifestyle By Chuck Cowdery / February 12, 2018 Crown Royal Bourbon Mash Blended Canadian Whiskey. Huh, WTF? How did this happen? Here’s our tongue in cheek look at it. Continue reading > Share
The Roots of Jack Daniel’s Lincoln County Process American Lifestyle By Chuck Cowdery / January 10, 2018 We recently answered once and for all the question “Is Jack Daniel’s Bourbon?” There is more to the story, however, going back almost 200 years. Continue reading > Share
The Year Ahead: 2018 Bourbon Predictions Bourbon By Chuck Cowdery / January 2, 2018 Predictions for the year in bourbon ahead? Continued allocations, more blends, and no shortage of good things to drink. Continue reading > Share
