Banter Four Roses Whiskey Ad Circa 1936 Today’s featured vintage ad was sent to us by Kristian Neimi out of South Carolina and originally appears in a 1936 edition of Esquire magazine. Not only does he own one of the bottles featured in the ad below but he’s opening up a new restaurant with bourbon focus in October of this year.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Stagg Jr. Bourbon Review Two weeks ago Buffalo Trace formally announced the release of Stagg Jr. – an extension of their legendary George T. Stagg bourbon. As a huge George T. Stagg (“GTS”) fan I was both surprised and excited to hear about the pending release.
Banter It’s What’s On The Inside That Matters This week is shaping up to be a real bear in terms of my day, evening and bourbon drinking schedule. (I will make up time on the last one come Friday night.) My apologies for the slight lag in posts and new updates. To make up for it here’s a quick image you can share with friends who enjoy bourbon.
Banter Mike Veach’s American Whiskey Class In Chicago This post is a public service announcement for all of my whiskey loving friends living in the Chicago area. Make sure to read the detail, mark your calendar and order your tickets ASAP. You don’t want to miss an opportunity to spend the day with Mike.
Cocktails Stir It Up! Bourbon Cocktail Recipes Today’s guest blog post is courtesy of Andrea Holak from St. Louis, MO. Andrea’s treating us to two different bourbon cocktail recipes. I think they both sound fantastic but I’m a sucker for ice cream so I think I’ll have to try her second recipe first.
Banter August Bourbon Wallpaper August’s bourbon wallpaper is from the Four Roses Distillery. I love the fact that the industrial equipment is framed by a picturesque window and surrounded by brick walls. It’s the perfect combination of materials. I highly recommend you pay a visit to Four Roses if you get a chance.
Cocktails The Blueberry Old Fashioned Cocktail Recipe Your classic Old Fashioned is a very simple cocktail made with Bourbon (I prefer Bulleit for these drinks), bitters, sugar or simple syrup, a slice or rind of orange, ice, a splash of water or seltzer, and topped with a cherry.
Cocktails Cherry Tree Anecdote Cocktail Recipe I love my bourbon neat, but on a really hot day, I want something a little more refreshing. Summer means a lot of great fruit is in season, and right now that includes cherries. Cherries and bourbon pair well together whether in desserts or in the bottom of a Manhattan.
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.
Cocktails The Red Headed Stranger Cocktail Recipe It was a very rainy 4th of July in my part of the country and as the day wore on it became increasingly clear that any fireworks I was going to get would have to come from a glass.
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.
Events This is How You Survive a Food & Drink Festival Welcome to summer, sweltering season of The Festival. You’ve probably got how to survive summer musical festivals down (yes to rain boots, no to children and skipping out on sunscreen), but once you add alcoholic beverages and food to the mix, things can get a little dicey.
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.
