Drinking Accessory Reviews Balls of Steel Review: The Hands on Edition That’s the premise behind OriginalBOS’s newest product – Balls of Steel. Billed as “drink chillers with a cause”, Balls of Steel are a new twist on the concept of chilling your whiskey without having to use ice which can often dilute your whiskey’s flavor.
Banter November Bourbon Wallpaper This month’s bourbon wallpaper features a unique piece of equipment from the Willett Distillery. It’s a photo of a scale used to weigh barrels. When I first saw this during my visit to Willett Distillery I immediately knew was going to take some artistic shots of it for my collection.
Banter Halloween, Michael Myers & Bourbon If you were to find yourself visited by Michael Myers this evening what bourbon would you serve him?
Banter Maker’s Mark Bourbon Ad for Halloween Happy Halloween everyone! I tried to locate a Halloween-themed vintage bourbon ad but came up short. This ad from Maker’s Mark bourbon is about as close as I could get to something creepy or Halloween-themed.
Events Win Free Admission to the St. Louis Bourbon Academy Would you like to attend the St. Louis Bourbon Academy for free? Head on over to our Facebook page and either click or comment on the post below (on Facebook) for your chance to win free admission. We’ll draw a winner on Saturday, November 2nd, after 5 pm.
Vintage Advertising Kentucky Tavern Bourbon Ad Circa 1947 What better bourbon ad to feature during the World Series than this gem from Kentucky Tavern Bourbon circa 1947. That’s the year that the New York Yankees won the title in 7 games against the Brooklyn Dodgers and the first time that a racially integrated team played in the World Series.
Banter Seagrams Whisky Ad Circa 1985 Bourbon & Banter reader Jim Thorpe sent me the Seagrams Whisky ad below and I just couldn’t pass it up. I know it’s not for a bourbon brand but how can you not love it?
Cocktails Boardwalk Empire Cocktail Recipes Our friends over at Original Penguin teamed up with the folks at MOJO bar in Leeds to create create three prohibition-inspired cocktails to celebrate the return of Boardwalk Empire. Here’s the story.
Banter October Bourbon Wallpaper A month or so ago I was exploring some ideas for a new bourbon wallpaper and I put together a bottle montage using a sketch technique when my wife walked in and mentioned how much she liked it. After a little bit of tweaking, I’m pleased to finally offer it up for everyone’s enjoyment and use. I hop
Banter Oh, What A Bourbon Heritage Month! Where has the time gone? It’s seems like only yesterday that we kicked off Bourbon Heritage Month by launching our Bourbon Sweepstakes. It’s been an amazing 30 days filled with posts about the history of bourbon, bourbon education, cocktail recipes, giveaways and much more.
Banter Bartender Journey Podcast Interview A week ago I was interviewed on the Bartender Journey Podcast and they were kind enough to allow me to embed the podcast for your listening pleasure.
Events The #BOURBON Toast Results Are In We love our online #BOURBON community. You guys are simply amazing! We put out a request for help toasting #BOURBON in order to break our single day Tweet record and you guys crushed it.
Banter A Twitter Toast to #BOURBON Today’s the day folks. The day we make history. The day we give #BOURBON it’s moment in the sun on Twitter. That’s right folks. It’s #BOURBON go time. A few weeks ago we first posted about our desire to boost #BOURBON visibility online – most notably Twitter.
Banter Jim Beam Bourbon Ad Circa 1985 Today we’re featuring a Jim Beam Bourbon advertisement from Mechanix magazine back in May of 1985 courtesy of Bourbon & Banter reader Jim Thorpe. I don’t have much to say about this one other than while these folks were enjoying Jim Beam bourbon, I was graduating 8th grade.
Vintage Advertising Schenley Bourbon Ad Circa 1950 Who better to celebrate Throwback Thursday with than Cesar Romero. And look, he’s all suited up to enjoy a glass of Schenley Bourbon in this fantastic 1950’s advertisement.
Cocktails Bourbon Jam Cocktail Recipe Several weeks ago I was contacted by a PR firm asking if Bourbon & Banter would be interested in having one of the mixologists that represented create a cocktail for Bourbon & Banter in celebration of Bourbon Heritage Month.
Events Filson Bourbon Academy Comes To St. Louis It’s with great excitement that Bourbon & Banter announces that author and historian, Mike Veach, will be bringing his Bourbon Academy seminar to St. Louis, MO on November 9, 2013. Ever since we learned that Mike Veach was taking his Bourbon Academy on the road we wanted to get him to town. We’re pl
Vintage Advertising W.L. Weller Reserve Bourbon Ad Circa 1978 Today I present to you a W.L. Weller Special Reserve bourbon ad from the groovy year of 1978. I hope people were able to decipher this one and know they were supposed to add water to their bourbon – not drink it in the rain. Don’t laugh folks. It was the 1970’s remember?
Food Stuff Reviews Thank God for Bourbon, Chocolate & Art Eatables Long-time readers of Bourbon & Banter may recall a post I did months ago singing the praises of Art Eatables’ bourbon truffles. They were, and still are, the best bourbon chocolates I’ve ever eaten.
Banter #BOURBON: A Toast to America’s Native Spirit We’d like to propose a toast. An epic toast. A toast that will spread the bourbon gospel far and wide and reach those who have yet to try bourbon and fall in love. That’s right folks. I’m proposing the world’s largest Twitter toast in celebration of National Bourbon Heritage Month. Are you with me?
Vintage Advertising Old Forester Bourbon Ad Circa 1950 What better ad to celebrate Bourbon Heritage Month with than this classic 1950’s Old Forester ad featuring the venerable Mint Julep. Whether you like Mint Juleps or not, they’re part of bourbon culture and everyone has their favorite recipe. What’s your bourbon of choice when making a Mint Julep?
Banter September Bourbon Wallpaper Since we’re celebrating National Bourbon Heritage Month in September we decided to create a special bourbon wallpaper featuring some of our favorite bourbons.
Banter Bourbon Heritage Month Celebration Welcome to the most amazing month of the year – National Bourbon Heritage Month. I know many folks think that Bourbon Heritage Month is one of those made-up holidays like National French Fry Day or International Hula Hoop Day but it’s not.
Banter Meet The Bourbon & Banter Team A little over 2 months ago I wrote a blog post entitled “Help Wanted: Seeking Bourbon Evangelists” and posted it here on Bourbon & Banter. I was looking for fellow bourbon lovers to help me write content for the blog and help spread the bourbon gospel over social media.
