That Old Story About Pappy, Maker’s Mark And Old Fitzgerald American Bourbon By Chuck Cowdery / September 27, 2019 Every brand is a function of its flavor profile, what the distiller chooses to put in the bottle, but if you seek good whiskey and not just the status of acquiring a unicorn brand, it’s good to know the origins of those products. Continue reading > Share
Bulleit Bourbon: The Perils of Personality Brands Bourbon By Chuck Cowdery / July 19, 2019 Inevitably, the Bulleit family conflict is a problem for Diageo. How big a problem it is, and what Diageo will try to do about it, remains to be seen. Continue reading > Share
When Buffalo Trace First Made Wheated Bourbon Bourbon By Chuck Cowdery / July 1, 2019 When did the Buffalo Trace Distillery, where Weller is now made, start to distill wheated bourbon? Continue reading > Share
A Bourbon Drinker’s Guide to Flavored Bourbon Bourbon By Chuck Cowdery / June 28, 2019 ‘Flavored,’ as the word is used these days, covers a multitude of sins, everything from secondary barrel finishes to liqueurs in which bourbon is merely an ingredient. Continue reading > Share
Meet The Real Baker Beam Bourbon By Chuck Cowdery / June 20, 2019 Baker’s Bourbon will continue to be an age-stated 7-year-old and bottled at 107° proof. The change to single barrel, alone with an updated label design, is scheduled to take place later this year. Continue reading > Share
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
