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 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 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 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, 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 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 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 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 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 Continue reading > Share
