Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Wild Turkey Decades Bourbon Review The sustained finish is unmistakably Wild Turkey with a balanced mix of vanilla, caramel, spices and charred oak. There’s even a hint of leather on edge to soften the lingering tannic oak.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Old Ripy Bourbon Review Old Ripy is a combination of 8-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon with 12-year-old and younger whiskies for added complexity and oak. It is distilled at the Wild Turkey Distillery in Anderson County, aged in timber warehouses and non-chill filtered.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Bond & Lillard Bourbon Review Distilled and bottled and at the Wild Turkey distillery in Lawrenceburg, KY, this Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey is aged a minimum of seven years in timber warehouses and is charcoal filtered.
Bourbon News Introducing The Whiskey Barons Collection The Whiskey Barons Collection is an ambitious undertaking to honor and recreate historically significant Bourbons that were lost after Prohibition.
Events The Kentucky Bourbon Affair Revisited Remember that feeling of going to summer camp as a kid? Whether you were away a week, two weeks or a month, sleep away camp or daily camp, summer camp was a time for you to meet new friends and have fun.
Banter Matthew McConaughey Unveils Wild Turkey Campaign By now everyone has heard the news that Matthew McConaughey has taken on a new role as the Creative Director for one of the bastions of the bourbon industry: Wild Turkey.
Bourbon News Will Wild Turkey’s Celebrity Marketing Be More Than Skin Deep? Last week Wild Turkey stunned the world’s bourbon drinking population by announcing that they had hired Matthew McConaughey as the brand’s new Creative Director. (Yep, you read that right – Creative Director, not a celebrity spokesperson.)
Heads & Tails Heads & Tails: The Alright Alright Alright Edition Welcome to this week’s installment of Heads & Tails – the Alright Alright Alright Edition. We’ve had one hell of a week here at B&B HQ. So we’re pretty damn excited that it’s Friday and that the weekend is only a matter of hours away.
Food Bubba’s Honey Sting Wings with CC’s Honey Fire BBQ Sauce The inspiration for this recipe came from my most recent trip to Kentucky where I attended this year’s Kentucky Bourbon Affair. One of this year’s evening events was a dinner with the Russell’s. What a fantastic evening where I was able to spend time with Jimmy, his wife Joretta.
Heads & Tails Heads & Tails: Whiskey Collective Edition Welcome to this week’s installment of Heads & Tails – The Whiskey Collective Edition. It’s been a busy week around the Bourbon & Banter HQ in St. Louis. We’ve been having a lot of fun hanging out with fellow bourbon and whiskey bloggers who came to town for a bourbon tasting lab hosted by Luxco.
Banter Off the Roost with Wild Turkey A few weeks ago I received a message via our Facebook page from Jim Turlington. Jim’s a wildlife artist, photographer, researcher and commercial art designer who lives in Central Florida where he’s been creating art professionally since 1980.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Wild Turkey Master’s Keep Bourbon Review For many, the 17-year age statement of Wild Turkey Master’s Keep is more than enough to get them to stand in line for a chance to get their hands on Wild Turkey’s oldest release to date.
Banter Jimmy Russell: The Man Behind the Bourbon The folks over at Wild Turkey created this video to celebrate Jimmy Russell and his 60 years of making bourbon at Wild Turkey. It’s a terrific tribute to the “Buddha of Bourbon”.
Banter Wild Turkey’s Behind The Barrel Distillery Experience Looks like Wild Turkey is getting in on the trend of creating unique bourbon experiences for people who love their bourbon. I received an email yesterday from their PR folks informing me of their new Behind The Barrel Distillery Experience.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Wild Turkey Diamond Anniversary Bourbon Review Let’s get this out before we go any further – Jimmy Russell doesn’t care for bourbon older than 12 years. So the fact that his son Eddie would create a tribute bourbon that contains a mingling of 12 and 16 year old bourbons may come as a surprise.
Gear News Wild Turkey Visitor Center Print Bourbon & Banter is pleased to offer this limited edition fine art photo from the grand opening of the Wild Turkey visitor center. This photo captures the unique essence of the new visitor center which was built to resemble old tobacco barns.
Banter Visiting Wild Turkey: A Photo Essay Last week I had the honor of attending the grand opening of the new Wild Turkey visitor center and celebrate Jimmy Russell’s 60 years with the distillery.
On The Road Destination: Wild Turkey Just a quick note to let everyone know that I’m heading down to Louisville and beyond to help Jimmy and Eddie Russell celebrate the grand opening of the new Wild Turkey visitor center on Tuesday evening. I’m pretty excited to be one of several whiskey writers/bloggers invited down for the event.
Cocktails Lawrenceburg Not Constantinople Bourbon Cocktail In these waning days of winter, when the fruit in the market is not at its best, we can turn to jams to add a bit of summer to our cocktails.
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!
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 Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Bourbon Review At a suggested price of $49.99, Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel Bourbon is roughly $25 more than the original Russell’s Reserve 10 year bourbon. That’s a pretty significant price difference if you compare the two by price only.
Cocktails Wild Turkey Cocktail Recipes – Tax Day Edition Last week I received an email from the fine folks at Wild Turkey that contained not only some Wild Turkey cocktail recipes, but also the following opening line.
Cocktails Wild Turkey Bourbon Drink Recipes Are you still looking for a few Bourbon inspired drink recipes to fuel your Super Bowl party? We’ve got a few Wild Turkey Bourbon drink recipes to share today courtesy of the folks over at Wild Turkey.
Events The Dark Knight, Wild Turkey & Jimmy Russell About a week or so ago, I was fortunate enough to attend a Wild Turkey tasting dinner at Blood and Sand, a St. Louis dining club. The dinner was terrific. Each course was paired with a cocktail featuring one of Wild Turkey’s bourbons or ryes.
