Column: Maker’s Mark Barrel Entry Proof Experiment Proves Its Tradition Is Solid Bourbon By Steve Coomes / September 7, 2021 Under the heading of the DNA Project, the Maker’s Mark bourbon distillery team set out to discern whether the brand’s 110 barrel-entry proof was truly the ideal number. Continue reading > Share
Column: Judging A Real Whiskey Contest Proved Eye Opening, Respect Boosting American Bourbon By Steve Coomes / August 3, 2021 You want to judge a whiskey competition someday? Join the crowd. one among many. Skipping work to judge dozens of unique spirits definitely makes for a good day. Continue reading > Share
Column: When It Comes To Whiskey, My Opinions Can Be ‘High Proof’ American Bourbon Canadian Irish Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / July 6, 2021 When it comes to what whiskey or other spirits I taste, usually I know immediately whether I like it. I’m pretty much past thinking, “I’ll give it another chance,” or “It might grow on me.” Continue reading > Share
Column: I Have No ‘Daily Drinker,’ I Just Drink Good Stuff Daily American Bourbon Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / June 1, 2021 Whiskey fans often ask each other, “What’s your daily drinker?” Truth is I have too many options to choose one easily. Continue reading > Share
Column: Seriously? Sweetens Cove Bourbon Will Best Pappy Van Winkle? I Have My Doubts Bourbon By Steve Coomes / May 4, 2021 Sweetens Cove is a Tennessee whiskey brand with celebrity backing and a high price tag per bottle – the hype of which this particular columnist is not fond of. Continue reading > Share
Column: On Legacies And Lawsuits, Who Was Really First, And The Rapid Bourbon Festival Sell-Out Bourbon Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / April 6, 2021 In this Kentucky bourbon column we take a look at lawsuits between members of the bourbon world and the fact Kentucky Bourbon Festival sales Continue reading > Share
Column: Kentucky’s Wilderness Trail Experimenting With Barrel Insides And Outsides Bourbon By Steve Coomes / March 2, 2021 Kentucky’s Wilderness Trail distillery is playing around with barrels in its inventory, making physical tweaks inside and out in order to craft a better whiskey. Continue reading > Share
Column: Two Justins’ Whiskey Hobby Becomes Four Businesses American Bourbon Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / February 2, 2021 Justins’ House of Bourbon in Kentucky has become a must stop there for lovers for American whiskey, particularly if you are looking for vintage bottles. Continue reading > Share
Column: Despite The Coronavirus, 2020 Gave Us A Lot To Like About Whiskey American Bourbon Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / January 5, 2021 January columns tend to start with a look back at the previous year. But seeing as some of the dreadfulness of 2020 is spilling over into 2021, does any of us really want to look back at the source? If you’re a whiskey fan, yes. Continue reading > Share
Column: Saying Goodbye To Michter’s Willie Pratt, American Whiskey’s “Dr. No” American Bourbon Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / December 30, 2020 For American whiskey icon and master distiller emeritus for Michter’s Distillery, Willie Pratt, who passed away this week, making the greatest American whiskey wasn’t a tagline to him, it was a belief and a philosophy. Continue reading > Share
Cured Ham And American Whiskey Create A Taste Adventure American Bourbon Lifestyle By Steve Coomes / December 11, 2020 Want to make your American whiskeys taste better? Pair them with cured ham—preferably what Southerners call “country ham.” Never heard of it? Just imagine prosciutto that’s been smoked and you’re there. Continue reading > Share
Column: Kentucky Bourbon News Is Good Medicine For American Whiskey Bourbon By Steve Coomes / December 1, 2020 In the world of Kentucky bourbon there’s always things of interest happening, even as a pandemic rages around the globe. Continue reading > Share
