WELCOME TO THE BEST DAMN MONTH OF THE YEAR!

Whether this is your first year celebrating Bourbon Heritage Month or you're a seasoned pro, we're honored to have you drinking with us for the next 30 days. Pour yourself a drink and scroll down to explore what we've got in store for this year's celebration – our 10th-anniversary celebration, to be exact – and how you can be a part of it all.

Once you've entered our giveaway, downloaded your #30DaysOfBourbon calendar, and stocked up on some bourbon gear, we ask that you share this page with all your friends and invite them to join the fun. After all, just like drinking bourbon, winning fabulous prizes is better with friends.

All of us at Bourbon & Banter appreciate you for joining us, and we look forward to spreading the bourbon gospel with you all month long. Cheers!

WIN BOURBON SWAG & MORE

Here's your chance to spruce up your bourbon wardrobe and home bar without spending a dime. As we've done for the past ten years, we're once again hosting a Bourbon Swag Giveaway, thanks to the generous support of our friends at some of your favorite brands and distilleries. Each week, we'll pick a bourbon swag pack winner (5 in total), and at the end of the month, we'll pick a Mega-Pack winner who will receive the ultimate collection of bourbon gear.

This year, we've added even more options that will allow you to earn unlimited additional giveaway entries for following us online and sharing the giveaway with your friends. After racking up your entries, you can sit back, pour yourself a drink, and dream about winning.

In addition to the weekly bourbon swag prizes, we will also be giving away a load of other prizes, including swag items from your favorite brands, free online whiskey classes, Bourbon & Banter community memberships, and gear from our own DrinkCurious Bourbon Shop. Make sure you follow up on all social channels because you never know when we'll launch a quick giveaway or call out your name to claim

HOW ABOUT MORE PRIZES?

There will also be additional surprise giveaways throughout Bourbon Heritage Month via our social media channels. Make sure you follow us on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook for your chance to win those additional prizes.

Don't forget to enter the formal giveaway for all the above items and invite your friends to join you to help us reach our stretch goal of 40k Instagram followers, where we give away a bottle of Old Rip Van Winkle to celebrate.

THE 30 DAYS OF

BOURBON CHALLENGE

Join your fellow bourbon lovers starting 9/1/23 as they take on the challenge of enjoying 30 different through September.

Let's break down the ground rules in the simplest way: BOURBON ONLY. We're keeping this exclusive, so no room for Rye, Scotch, Irish, Indian, Taiwanese, Canadian, Japanese, Australian, or Mexican whiskies. And don't even think about sneaking in those flavored concoctions that don't meet the TTB standards for bourbon (yes, Red Stag, we're looking at you).

Remember, your 30-day conquest is all about bourbon – nothing else cuts it. Anything other than pure bourbon doesn't add up towards your goal.

Hold on tight, here's a handy set of guidelines to ensure your daily pick counts towards conquering the 30 Days of Bourbon Challenge:

• Proof Parley: For instance, Wild Turkey 81 and Wild Turkey 101? We're treating those as one in the Challenge. But when it comes to different expressions from the same brand, like a Bottled-in-Bond versus a non-bonded variant, those count separately.
• Mash-Up Mastery: Take Four Roses, for example, with its ten unique recipes. Each stands as an individual bourbon. Their Small Batch and Small Batch Select, both blends of these recipes, are also fair game. Plus, don't forget about Four Roses' limited editions – they're in too, thanks to their distinct blend ratios.
• Sourced Stories: With so many brands sourcing from bigger distilleries, it's a bit of a maze. To simplify, sourced bourbons – even if from the same distillery – are good to go as long as they play by the other challenge rules.
• Single Barrel Shuffle: Ah, single barrels. This year, we're shifting gears. Different barrels of the same brand expression don't tally toward your 30-day feat anymore. While they may have differences in color, aroma, and flavor, they're all part of the same expression. So, no more counting each unique horse stopper on Blanton's, and drinking 30 distinct single barrel numbers won't seal the deal anymore.
• Cocktails Count: Prefer to drink your bourbon in a cocktail? No worries. When it comes to crafting cocktails, feel free to shake things up, as long as you're using a fresh Bourbon for each.

Click below to read the Ultimate Guide to the 30 Days of Bourbon Challenge, and download your tracking calendar and Bourbon Heritage Month graphic overlays to use on social media.

2023 BHM SPONSORS

Special thanks to our friends at the following brands for being partners and supporting our efforts to celebrate Bourbon Heritage Month this year. We truly appreciate their partnership in supporting our mission of helping others to #DrinkCurious.