Banter Twitter Showdown 2013: Maker’s Mark vs Jim Beam Back in the Spring of 2012 I featured a Twitter showdown graphic comparing @MakersMark and @JimBeamOfficial. Now that more than a year has passed I thought it would be fun to see how both brands have grown since our original post.
Banter Old Taylor Bourbon Ad Circa 1939 Happy Friday folks! Today’s feature is an Old Taylor bourbon ad from 1939. I always enjoy checking out ads this old for brands that we can still drink today. Wonder what would happen if all the bourbon brands started heavy print advertising these days?
Banter Woodford Reserve Livestream Series Receive this even notice from Woodford Reserve this past week. They’re kicking off their Livestream Series with an episode titled “An Introduction to Bourbon”. Might be a bit rudimentary for most of you but I think I’m going to watch it.
Banter Jim Beam Signature Craft Bourbon Teaser A few months ago I received samples of the new Jim Beam Signature Craft bourbons. I was originally going to post my normal review but decided it was time to mix things up a bit.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
Banter Help Wanted: Seeking Bourbon Evangelists The past 16 months have been very exciting here at Bourbon & Banter as I’ve watched my little bourbon blog continue to grow and attract loyal & passionate readers.
