Banter Who’s Leading The Bourbon Conversation On Twitter Infographic – August 2012 It’s time to check in and see who’s leading the bourbon conversation on Twitter. It looks like the use of bourbon is down since our last report by about 78 appearances.
Banter Todd Weiss – Bourbon & Banter Member Spotlight I’m pleased to introduce everyone to this month’s Member Spotlight – Todd Weiss, CEO of Striped Pig Distillery in Charleston, SC. I met Todd online several months ago when I first launched the Bourbon & Banter website.
Banter Get To Know: Chuck Cowdery When it comes to bourbon, you don’t get better headlines than those written by Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame inductee Chuck Cowdery.
Banter Jefferson’s Ocean Aged Bourbon Release Update For those of you who’ve been waiting to see where the limited release of Jefferson’s Ocean Aged bourbon would hit, I’m pleased to be able to share with you the official list from Jefferson’s.
Banter Learning to respect whiskey As I cruise through the middle of my 40th year, I find it hard to believe that at one point in my life, I was not only young but also very dumb. Especially when it came to whiskey.
Banter How do you get your bourbon news? The other night I walked into my living room to find my 6-year-old browsing through my copy of the Bourbon Review. He’s beginning to get into reading, so he’s always picking up magazines to see what he can read and understand.
Banter Bourbon Tooth Paste The 1950s are often remembered as a magical and idyllic time in our nation’s history. And who am I to argue now that I’ve learned that bourbon toothpaste (with actual alcohol) was created and marketed in the 50s?
Gear A Visual Guide to the Common Drink Glasses Building from yesterday’s post, I thought everyone would enjoy this visual guide to common drink glasses I found a few months ago. As many of you probably do, I drink my bourbon from glasses that are variations of the traditional Old Fashioned glass.
Banter Bourbon & Banter’s Facebook 1st Anniversary It’s hard to believe, but just one year ago today I created the Facebook presence for Bourbon & Banter.
Banter Jim Beam Back To Basics Advertisement Circa 1991 I’m posting this week’s a day early due to something special I have planned for tomorrow. I hope that you enjoy this Jim Beam circa 1991 about getting back to the basics.
Banter Average American Bourbon Drinker I know that more and more people are finally admitting that they enjoy bourbon but have you ever wondered who the average American bourbon drinker is? If you have, today’s your lucky day. I stumbled across this handy infographic at SourMashed.com and thought everyone would enjoy it.
Banter Drink American. Drink Bourbon. Happy 4th of July to everyone! There’s no better way to celebrate this most American of all holidays than by drinking America’s native spirit – BOURBON.
Banter Call For July 4th Bourbon Cocktails Today is the last day of the work week for me as I was lucky enough to get a few days off at they July 4h holiday. I’m working on some major projects for the blog and I hope that a few days off will allow me to focus on them a bit more than usual.
Banter Ten High Bourbon Advertisement Circa 1971 Took the day off of work today to take care of some personal errands and almost forgot to post today’s vintage ad. Sorry about that! Here’s a Ten High Bourbon advertisement from 1971. My wife’s uncle still drinks this today. It’s by far his favorite bourbon.
Banter Staying Connected With Bourbon & Banter They say it’s going to reach 107 degrees today in St. Louis. Holy crap! That’s some serious heat for just the end of June. Just thinking about it makes me want to drink bourbon-iced tea all day and hide in my basement.
Banter Dennis Nelson – Bourbon & Banter Member Spotlight June’s Member Spotlight features Dennis Nelson from Belleville, IL. I was lucky to meet Dennis at a local Bourbon tasting almost a year ago.
Banter Old Taylor Bourbon Manhattan Advertisement Circa 1970 Last night I went out with some colleagues to celebrate a new client win. I started the evening out with some Pappy 15-year, but for some unexplained reason, I got a hankering for a Manhattan. So I had a few of them and realized just how great they can be in certain company.
Banter Beam’s 1795 – Trendy Isn’t Always Cool Yesterday I read on Chuck Cowdery’s blog about the controversy brewing over the similarities between Jim Beam’s 1795 limited edition bottle and the familiar 1792 Ridgemont Reserve bottle.
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!!!
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.
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.
