It’s cocktail time!
“Cocktails: because no great story ever started with someone eating a salad.” – Unknown I’m a self-avowed cocktail snob. Really, I am. There are a number of factors that play…
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High West Distillery
“Whiskey has killed more men than bullets, but most men would rather be full of whiskey than bullets.” – either Winston Churchill or Logan Pearsall Smith We’re gonna stay out…
Nevada H&C Distilling Company
“Go ahead, skin that smokewagon and see what happens.” – Kurt Russell as Wyatt Earp in Tombstone We’re going to say goodbye to Indiana for now. Well … kind of….
MGP: Midwest Grain Products
“The biggest distillery you’ve never heard of.” My wife and I recently went on a little vacation to Madison, Ind. It’s beautiful down there along the Ohio River. While there,…
Small Indiana distilleries: West Fork
“Whiskey is by far the most popular of all remedies that won’t cure a cold.” – Jerry Vale Missed last week. My apologies. I was on a little trip with…
Small can be great
“I don’t drink anymore. On the other hand I don’t drink any less either.” – W.C. Fields There are many things that I love in this life: my wife, my…
Finding your flavor sweet spot
“There is no bad whiskey. There are only some whiskeys that aren’t as good as others.” – Raymond Chandler I get where Mr. Chandler is going with the above quote. Yet,…
My expertise in bourbon lies in my love for it
“I have taken more out of alcohol than alcohol has taken out of me.” – Winston Churchill Why am I writing this little column? What makes me an “expert”? Well,…
Looking into my bourbon psychosis
“Civilization begins with distillation.” – William Faulkner Why bourbon? That’s easy. It’s delicious straight, it makes great cocktails, it has an illustrious, mischievous, and even dark history, it has a…