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Buffalo Trace Brand | The Definitive Guide
Buffalo Trace is to Whiskey as Baseball is to America; they are inescapably bound together. The distilleries name is suggested to have...
Mar 31, 20223 min read
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Top Shelf Bourbon | A Rarely Seen Brand
Today I want to talk about four very different top shelf bourbons (three of which sit on the top shelf of my garage bar) which all are...
Mar 22, 20223 min read
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Are Bourbon and Whiskey the Same?
Have you ever wondered what the difference is between whiskey and bourbon? Well, it wasn’t too long back now that I had a random...
Mar 15, 20223 min read
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Guinness on Tap: Shamrock Pour and More | STP 2022
Out of the multitude of holidays and occasions that I celebrate in my garage bar each year, few are as eagerly anticipated as Saint...
Mar 10, 20223 min read
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A Guide to Rare Bourbon Hunting
Fall (specifically September to November) is the season of hunting for rare whiskey. It’s within this window of time when many of the...
Mar 4, 20224 min read
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Deep Penetration | The Red Layer
I'm sure I'm going to catch some flack for using the word "penetration" but as I understand it, a catchy title helps to capture the...
Feb 5, 20223 min read
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Unicorn Security | Mind the Pappy!
I had my yearly call with our insurance agent the other day to discuss our policies and ensure everything was in order, which it was. At...
Jan 31, 20222 min read
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Whiskey Glassware | For the Most Discerning Bourboneur
So in a previous post, we provided an introduction to drinking whiskey, but what we didn't touch on was glassware. Selecting the right...
Jan 22, 20223 min read
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Appreciating Your Whiskey | Tasting Notes Explained
Whether you're in your garage bar, your home bar, sitting out in the back forty with cousin Fred, the great uniting truth about whiskey...
Jan 19, 20224 min read
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Grail Searching: Is Rare Bourbon Hunting a Fool's Errand?
I remember when I first got into whiskey (yes, I'm American so I spell it with an "e")...I'd drive around looking for elusive high-brow...
Jan 5, 20223 min read
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Home Bar Heroes | Restoring Normalcy & Human Connection
I started my home bar nearly a decade ago as my wife and I began a family, transitioning from the downtown happy hour facilitator to...
Jan 4, 20222 min read
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