Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Heaven Hill’s Larceny Bourbon Review One of the things I love about bourbon is the stories and traditions attached to brands and distilleries. And even though I’ve learned that many brand stories told today aren’t always 100% “accurate” I have to admit that I was immediately intrigued by the story behind Heaven Hill’s Larceny Bourbon.
Vintage Advertising Kentucky Tavern Bourbon Advertisement Circa 1949 Let me take you back to 1949 for this Kentucky Tavern bourbon advertisement. I think we need to explore bringing back the concept of coordinated drinking sets. Things like glasses that match the pitcher that match the serving tray and, in this case – match the ashtray and lighter.
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.
Vintage Advertising Bellows Club Bourbon Advertisement Circa 1959 I wanna be “hep.” Do you wanna be “hep”? All we need is to serve Bellows Club Bourbon, and we’ll not only be "hep" but also a BOURBONITE. Cool.
Gear The Mason Jar Cocktail Shaker I don’t personally find myself in need of a cocktail shaker very often but next time I do I’d like to have the Mason Jar Cocktail Shaker on hand. I came across this the other day on Kickstarter I knew I had to share with everyone on Bourbon & Banter.
Vintage Advertising Old Forester Bourbon Advertisement Circa 1957 I’m a sucker for an advertisement that sells to my sense of entitlement. This Old Forester bourbon advertisement from 1957 does a great job of doing just that. “You’ve earned it…LIVED A LITTLE!” Why yes, I don’t mind if I do.
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.
Vintage Advertising Medley Bros. Bourbon Advertisement Circa 1951 Another Friday is here at last! Today’s ad is from Medley Bros. Bourbon, a brand that I’ve never come across before. Here’s a link to their current operations website. It appears that they just started producing bourbon again in mid-2009 with plans to age their bourbon for at least four years.
Food Bacon Wrapped Pork Tenderloin With Bourbon Glaze It’s a big day over at Bourbon & Banter. I’m excited and proud to share with you all a guest blog post by my wife…the Redhead.
Vintage Advertising Old Taylor Bourbon Advertisement Circa 1966 I discovered this Old Taylor Bourbon advertisement in a 1966 copy of Ebony magazine. It’s the first in a series featuring “Ingenious Americans”. I haven’t seen any other ads in the series, but I will definitely be keeping my eyes open for them to see if it was continued for any period of time.
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.
Vintage Advertising Old Crow Bourbon Advertisement Circa 1971 Today’s featured advertisement is from Old Crow Bourbon, circa 1971. Since they featured furniture upholstering and appeared in Popular Mechanics, I’m sure this was one of the activities they knew Old Crow bourbon drinkers had as a hobby.
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.
Gear Roller Rocks Glass Just a quick product discovery to share with you all today. The Roller Rocks Glass comes with its silicone mold for making the perfect 2″ ice ball and has a protrusion in the bottle that allows you to swirl the ice ball around the glass.
Gear Kentucky Bourbon Poster Think you know your Kentucky Bourbons well enough to identify them by bottle shape alone? Then this Kentucky Bourbon poster belongs on your wall.
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.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews W. H. Harrison Governor’s Reserve Bourbon Review Let’s play a quick round of word association. When I say “William Henry Harrison,” what immediately comes to your mind? President of the United States? Governor of the Indiana Territory? General? Congressman? Namesake of the first modern-day bourbon out of Indiana?
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.
Vintage Advertising Old Crow Bourbon Advertisement Circa 1960 Welcome to another wonderful and insanely hot Friday! Today’s forecast in St. Louis is calling for 106 degrees. Today will mark the 7th or 8th day we’ve been in the triple digits. All I can say is that I’m glad we don’t have to wear fancy clothes like those in the ad below.
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.
Bourbon Whiskey Reviews Jefferson’s Ocean-Aged Bourbon Review “Tonight is a good night. No. Tonight is a great night!” That was running through my head as I sat down to write my Jefferson’s Ocean-Aged Bourbon Review.
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.
