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Kicking Off National Bourbon Heritage Month

For the past few years, Bourbon & Banter has celebrated Bourbon Heritage Month (BHM) with a month-long party featuring lots of great blog posts, special promotions, and great giveaways featuring lots of bourbon-related swag.

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Summer Maintenance FYI

A quick note to let everyone know that we’re going to be doing some upgrades to our hosting environment over the next few days. Faster server, optimized hosting, etc.

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Safe Ride Home: Thanks Campari!

This press release came across my desk last week courtesy of the folks at Campari. I thought it was a pretty cool use of emerging technology to connect with alcohol consumers.

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Happy 4th of July

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Sour or Sweet: The Father of Modern Bourbon

The last time you found yourself at Ye Olde Liquor Store, your eyes might have wandered to the bottom shelf where labels are stuffed with text emphasizing the quality and heritage of the bourbon, proudly boasting, “SOUR MASH WHISKEY.”

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From Grain to Glass: An American Craft Spirits Renaissance

Here’s a wonderfully produced “grain to glass” documentary produced by our friends over at Hudson Whiskey. Pour yourself a glass of whiskey and take 15 minutes out of your day to enjoy this peek into the craft distilling world. And congrats to Hudson Whiskey on 10 great years!

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Introducing Melissa Alexander

Today we’re super pleased to announce that Melissa Alexander will be joining the Bourbon & Banter team as a regular contributor. Melissa made her B&B debut last week with a post titled, “Bottled In Bond: A Brief History”.

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Four Roses Tournament: A Story of Bourbon, Banter & BBQ

We’d like to wish everyone a very happy National Bourbon Day! To celebrate we invite you to watch our video about a recent Four Roses tasting that we were lucky to be invited to here in St. Louis.

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Bottled In Bond: A Brief History

During your last visit to Ye Olde Liquor Store, you might have noticed a couple of bottom-shelf bottles sporting a fancy, old-script tag: “Bottled-in-Bond.”  The bottle might claim that the whiskey is exceptional, full of heritage, made according to an old, forgotten tradition.

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What The Hell Is National Running Day?

Apparently today is National Running Day. I’m sure it’s a very important day for those that actually enjoy running for sport or pleasure. As for me, well…let’s just say that I was built more for comfort than speed. As such I really don’t get running as a hobby.

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The Day I Hung Out With Sam Medley

Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting Sam Medley at Sidecar here in Portland, Ore. It was a full house in a long, narrow space, but I was able to sample the full Medley portfolio and talk somewhat in-depth with Medley about his family’s products.

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Bourbon Is The Answer

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Exploring Private Barrel Selections with Nasa Liquor

“It was like staring down a bourbon tsunami. I couldn’t make a decision or move my feet from sheer awe and fear of making a bad decision.” That’s how one of my friends described his recent experience visiting a liquor store. He had gone in looking to buy a bottle of whiskey for a house-warming gift.

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Sharing Bourbon…and Banter for a Good Cause

The bourbon industry is so hot right now that it’s easy to get caught up in the game chasing down the next great thing or trying to just keep up with industry chatter.

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Happy Easter – Share Your Bourbon

Happy Easter from all of us here at Bourbon & Banter. Whether you’re religious or not, Easter is the perfect holiday to spread the joy with those around you. Dust off your top shelf bourbons, unlock the Pappy vault and break out your enormous collection of logo engraved Glencairn glasses.

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Happy St. Patrick’s Day

Happy St. Patrick's Day - May you live to be a hundred years, with one extra year to repent.

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Bourbon & Banter 3rd Anniversary

Today is Bourbon & Banter’s 3rd anniversary. February 21, 2012 is the day I shared my first post with the world–Welcome Fellow Bourbon Lovers–and opened the door to an adventure that has allowed me to connect with bourbon lovers around the world and become part of their bourbon journey.

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On Valentine’s Day, Say It With Whiskey

Experts long to give advice when it comes to love and Valentine’s Day. They tell you what to say, how to say it and what to wear while saying it. If you ask us, that’s a lot to try to figure out. By the time you get a plan together you’re too tired and freaked out to execute.

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Drink Safely on Friday the 13th

A brief reminder to be safe today since it’s Friday the 13th. Make sure you’re always with a drinking today and that you’re drinking bourbon. Not even Jason Voorhees would dare to do anything that would cause you to spill a glass of bourbon.

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Winter Storm Juno Bourbon Stockpile Advice

To all of our friends in the path of Winter Storm Juno please stay safe, warm and well stocked with your favorite bourbon. Here’s a map from WeatherChannel.com with the most recent snow predictions along with our stockpile recommendations.

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Bourbon Desktop Wallpaper Collection

Just a quick update to let you know that we’ve finally archived our complete collection of bourbon desktop wallpapers into a single file for easy download. Follow the link below to download all of the images for free.

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2015: Year of the Bourbon Patriot

Happy New Year everyone! As we bring another year to a close we’d like to thank everyone for their support and assistance in helping to spread the bourbon gospel. When we launched Bourbon & Banter a few years ago, we had no idea what to expect.

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Bourbon Tip #1

Bourbon Tip #1 Turn The Other Cheek – If served Jack Daniel’s when ordering bourbon, turn the other cheek & spit it out. Make sure to check out all of our other Bourbon Tips as well.

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Born Of The Corn – Happy Halloween

All of us here at Bourbon & Banter would like to wish you a Happy Halloween! May your evening be blessed with perfect fall weather, scary monsters and lots of bourbon.

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Bourbon Tip #7

Bourbon Tip #7 Believe – Faith is believing without proof. Bourbon is believing with 80+ proof.