Banter Hunting The Elusive Pappy Van Winkle: The Bigfoot of Bourbon Today’s blog post is actually a re-post of an article that debuted yesterday over on The Bourbon Truth. (Here’s a link to the original article.) Knowing that Pappy Fever will be sweeping the country in a few months I thought everyone would really enjoy this post.
Banter Bourbon On The Rise Today’s guest post comes from Rob Sharer from Atlanta, GA. Rob’s decided to weigh in with his thoughts on what’s behind bourbon’s recent success or in other words, ‘Why is bourbon on the rise?’
Banter Why You Should Be Drinking Whiskey Not sure why it took me 2 whole days to come across this but damn, this is some funny shit. Make sure to share it with everyone you know. Continued education on the merits of why you should be drinking whiskey might just be the only thing to save our beloved country. Enjoy!
Banter Birth Of A Bourbon Evangelist We all have a story about how we came to love bourbon. When I launched BourbonBanter.com I kicked things off by sharing my personal bourbon journey and it seemed to connect with a lot of people.
Banter Four Roses Whiskey Ad Circa 1979 It’s Friday and it’s not hot and humid. Time for a little golf perhaps? Yeah, me neither. I lose more golf balls than I can afford to buy. Instead I’ll just sit on the patio this evening and enjoy a bottle of bourbon with some friends.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Wild Turkey Rare Breed Bourbon Review When I first started to explore the world of bourbon, I was so clueless the word novice wouldn’t even be appropriate. For example, one of the first bottles of bourbon I purchased was Wild Turkey Rare Breed……before I’d ever even tried 101 or any other Wild Turkey product!
Banter One Does Not Simply: The Bourbon Edition It’s ‘Whiskey Wednesday’ folks. Open up that special bottle that you’ve been saving and invite a friend or two over and share. Talk about whatever you want. Doesn’t need to be complicated or heavy. Put away the phones and enjoy some good old fashioned banter.
Gear News Bourbon iPhone Skins Prototype My wife calls me a schemer. Others call me an entrepreneur. I prefer to call myself a passionate visionary. 😉 Regardless of what I’m called, I’m on a mission to spread the bourbon gospel and build Bourbon & Banter into a recognizable brand among bourbon drinkers.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Mysterious Black & Gold Wax Maker’s Mark Bourbon Review Kicking off the week with a unique guest blog post from Rush Thrift. Rush’s post is all about some of the rarer Maker’s Mark releases like the Limited Edition Green & Gold Wax bottles as well as the Select Black Wax bottle.
Cocktails Cherry Smash Bourbon Cocktail Recipe Christelle Lachapelle is our guest blog contributor today all the way from Voluntown, CT. She’s sharing a refreshing summer cocktail recipe with us that features on of her favorite bourbons, Bulleit.
Vintage Advertising Belmont Bourbon Ad Circa 1938 Today’s vintage ad features Belmont Bourbon circa 1938 – “A Hearty Bourbon made from the rich, tender hearts of the grain!”.
Banter Who’s Leading The Bourbon Conversation On Twitter Infographic – July 2013 Woke up this morning in the mood to look at some data. Not just any data mind you, bourbon data. More specifically, bourbon data on Twitter.
Cocktails Basil Hayden’s Bourbon Cocktail RecipeThe Spicy Brown Blinker Basil Hayden’s remains one of my everyday “go to” bourbons when I’m in the mood for something light and spicy. And in the middle of summer that’s more often than not.
Banter Men Love Bourbon. Women Should Too. Today’s blog post is from Katie Garrett. Katie hails from Pensacola, FL and is currently working on opening up the Old Hickory Whiskey Bar. I guess you could say that bourbon is very near and dear to her heart.
Vintage Advertising Four Roses Whiskey Ad Circa 1962 It’s been hot and humid all week so I’m thinking a snow filled advertisement for Four Roses whiskey is perfect for today’s installment of vintage bourbon ads. This Four Roses ad is from 1962.
Banter Johnnie Walker Resurrects Bruce Lee Diageo’s iconic whisky brand, Johnnie Walker, has resurrected Bruce Lee for commercial promoting their Blue Label which represents the high-end of their whisky offerings.
Gear German Light Bulb Voltage Tester Vintage Bar I’m a sucker for a cool looking bar for the home or office. When I came across this 1920s German Light Bulb Voltage Tester bar this morning I knew I had to share it with everyone.
Banter July Bourbon Wallpaper This month’s bourbon wallpaper features Eagle Rare bourbon bottles waiting to be put into boxes for shipping. I refer to this photo as “Bourbon Soldiers” since the bottles are patiently awaiting deployment. This particular photo was taken while touring the Blanton’s bottling building at the Buffalo
Vintage Advertising Walkers Deluxe Bourbon Ad Circa 1960 Today’s featured bourbon ad is very timely considering I’m traveling with the family on vacation. It also offers some pretty good advice, “It’s great to take chances but not on your bourbon.” I can’t help but wonder what this ad concept would look like if created today.
Banter Real Gentlemen May Prefer Flavored Whiskey, But Do They Know Any Better? Good morning folks! I’m on the road traveling with the family to Colorado Springs for vacation so my posts are going to be irregular to say the least until after I get back. In my absence I thought I’d share a quick post submitted by B&B reader Matt Propst. Matt, who resides in the greater Boston a
Banter Best Bourbon Recipes for Summer Ad Circa 1960 It’s the first day of summer and we’re expecting a high of 94 degrees with humidity to match. Just the first day of many to come where the humidity hugs you like a wet blanket without any desire to ever let you go.
Banter Bacon Snacks: Piglets Pecan and Bacon Snack Came across this today when having my morning coffee and couldn’t resist sharing it with everyone. I’ve never tasted Piglets Bacon Snacks but it sure does look tasty.
