Banter Ancient Age Bourbon Advertisement Circa 1956 Happy post-National Bourbon Day or as some people call it, “Friday”! I hope everyone enjoyed yesterday and did their best to spread the bourbon gospel. I welcome you into the weekend with an Ancient Age Bourbon Advertisement from 1956. Ancient Age chose a pretty bold line for this ad.
Banter Top 5 Things To Do On National Bourbon Day Today’s the day I’ve been waiting for all year. One day that I can drink bourbon all day and have an honest excuse for my excess. That’s right, folks, it’s National Bourbon Day!!!
On The Road Bourbon Across America Today I’m excited to announce a new project I’m under taking here at Bourbon & Banter. I’m calling it Bourbon Across America. The project’s goal is to explore how people across the country are experiencing bourbon in their daily lives both personally and professionally. w
Food Woodford Reserve Double Oaked Chocolate Milk Shake There are two food/drink items that I dearly love in this world. Bourbon & Ice Cream. So it shouldn’t come as a surprise that on occasion I get a hankering for both of them at the same time. So what’s a guy supposed to do when this happens? Yep, you guessed it. Make a bourbon chocolate shake.
Banter Old Taylor Bourbon Advertisement Circa 1961 Welcome to Friday, everyone. I trust that you survived the week relatively intact. Let’s start the weekend with this Old Taylor Bourbon Advertisement from 1961. They put a ton of Old Kentucky imagery into this ad.
Gear Brandy Smuggler Walking Cane Flask (a.k.a. quick kick me in the shins) I’m not going to go out and run a marathon tomorrow but then again I’m not quite ready to spend the rest of my days in a rocker on the front porch of “the home”. But I have to tell you though that I’ve never been so inclined to get myself a cane in my life. You know…for medicinal purposes.
Banter Barrel-Strength Bourbon – The Readers’ Point of View About ten days ago, I posted a poll on the site (and our Facebook page) asking readers’ opinions of barrel-strength bourbon. Below you can see the results of that poll. 70% of our readers were overwhelmingly in favor of barrel-strength bourbon.
Banter Crab Orchard Bourbon Advertisement Circa 1934 Awesomeness! That’s what you get when you combine a Crab Orchard Bourbon advertisement (circa 1934) with a comic strip treatment. Sure, the comic is clearly aimed at the adult male, but can you imagine someone trying to use that excuse these days?
Banter Grant Johnson – Bourbon & Banter Member Spotlight May’s Member Spotlight features Grant Johnson from Franklin, WI. Grant’s been a member of our community for a long time and is a frequent commenter and contributor on our Facebook page.
Banter Let Us Never Forget We walked among the crosses where our fallen soldiers lay. And listened to the bugle as TAPS began to play.
Banter Jim Beam Advertisement Featuring Ripley’s Believe It Or Not I’m pulling out all the stops in celebration of Memorial Day Weekend. Here’s a fantastic example of co-op advertising. Two iconic brands – Jim Beam & Ripley’s – come together to promote each other in this 1975 Jim Beam advertisement. God Bless America!
Banter Celebrity Booze Commercials In what seems as a lifetime ago I lived in Japan for a few years. During that time one of my favorite things about watching Japanese television was seeing American celebrities in commercials for things like booze and cigarettes. Since those types of commercials were banned or limited in the US it wa
Events May 2012 Bourbon Dinner & Tasting Recap Thanks again to everyone that joined us for our first-ever Bourbon & Banter Dinner Tasting event at Blood and Sand. It was a great evening, and I enjoyed getting to see everyone. (Many for the first time!) I’d also like to thank our host, TJ, from Blood and Sand, for a beautiful dinner.
Banter G & W Straight Bourbon Whiskey Advertisement Today’s featured Bourbon ad is for G & W Straight Bourbon Whiskey circa 1936. Take a close look at the bottles in the ad. Notice anything odd?
Gear U.S. Whiskey Map Infographic Came across this fantastic whiskey map infographic from the folks over at SloshSpot. I’d been thinking about the need for something like this specific to just Bourbon, but I lack the necessary design skills to pull it off.
Food Reviews Bourbon Truffles – Proof that God Exists Maybe it’s the Catholic upbringing, but I must confess. I’ve never been a fan of liquor-infused chocolates or candy. I can't say I've been a fan, whether it’s liquor cordials or bourbon balls. I’ll eat them, but you won’t find me seeking them out.
Banter Bourbon Makes The Best Holiday Drinks Advertisement Today’s vintage Bourbon ad comes from The Bourbon Institute. This 1959 advertisement shows just how versatile Bourbon can be when making various mixed drinks for the holidays.
Gear Affordable Ice Balls For Your Bourbon Okay. I admit it. I enjoyed typing the title for this blog post. Juvenile…perhaps? But I don’t think people want “ice spheres” to add to their Bourbon. I’m just keeping it real for the common Bourbon folk interested in finding ice balls to chill their drink.
Banter Glenmore Kentucky Straight Bourbon Advertisement Today’s Bourbon advertisement is a circa 1938 Glenmore Kentucky Straight Bourbon Advertisement. I did a search and found this interesting Glenmore timeline courtesy of Mike Veach over on BourbonEnthusiast.com. I’ve come to learn that Bourbon’s heritage is nothing if not convoluted and intertwined.
Banter Chocolate for Adults – Twice The Vice I stumbled across a new chocolate product on the web today called Twice The Vice. They mix chocolate with top-shelf liquors for a product banned in 32 states. As if that wasn’t enough to get my attention, it turns out that they offer The Kentucky Bourbon Collection.
Banter It isn’t BOURBON in the bottle…Bourbon Institute Ad Here’s a great promotional ad from the Bourbon Institute in 1959. This is but one of many in a series of advertisements the Institute put out to promote Bourbon to the masses.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Breckenridge Bourbon Whiskey Review As we’re all aware, bourbon, by law, does not have to be made in Kentucky. I know that many of you feel differently but for the sake of my review, I’d appreciate it if you could all simmer down and play by the rules for the next 5 minutes. T
Banter Can Bourbon help save the art of conversation? The world needs more bantering and less bitching. That’s the point I tried to convey in a post I wrote last week. In continuing along the lines of people and communication, I’d like to share an article I read this weekend in The New York Times titled “The flight From Conversation. “
Vintage Advertising Old Quaker Bourbon Advertisement Sorry that I haven’t posted more this week on the site, Twitter or Facebook. I got hit by some random sickness that put me out of commission for a few days. I’m starting to feel a little better, but I probably need a few more days to get back into the full swing of things.
Banter Who’s Leading The #Bourbon Conversation On Twitter Infographic – April 2012 Last month we posted our first #bourbon Twitter infographic to show who’s leading the bourbon conversation on Twitter. We thought everyone might enjoy a monthly update so below are the results for the past month.
