Month: October 2008
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Review – Bafferts Gin
Bafferts was the first unique Gin I added to my collection. I received it as a gift for my 22nd birthday from some close friends. I have consumed nearly none of it in the time since then (almost 7 years). From our review I now see that that is due partly to its lack luster…
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The Brown Derby Cocktail
Today Jennifer and I toured Churchill Downs. When we arrived we took a quick walk through the museum then took the standard 30 minute tour that comes with museum admission. The museum itself was a little less interesting than I had anticipated, but the quick tour was nice. Following the quick tour we went on…
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Bourbon – Wrap Up
Spent a wonderful day touring Buffalo Trace distillery today with Jennifer. The distillery in Frankfort, KY is nestled along the Kentucky river and is very picturesque. On the tour we visited Warehouse C where they are aging Buffalo Trace, Van Winkle’s and some of their experimental barrels. From there we went to the Benton’s Bottling…
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Old Fashioned – The Remixes
So, when we covered the Old Fashioned some weeks ago there were a few variations that we didn’t end up trying. There were various reasons that they got glossed over, but none the less I felt there was a hole in our investigations. Bourbon Week to the rescue! Revisiting Bourbon gave us a perfect chance…
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Bourbon – The Slightly Tall Building View
Why do you need to discuss Bourbon, its just another whiskey right? Well, yes, but there’s more to it than that. All Bourbons are whiskies, but not all whiskies are Bourbons. In the same way that to be called Scotch a whisky must meet certain criteria in order to call a product Straight Bourbon Whiskey…