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  • The Brown Derby Cocktail – A Week of Meh

    I chose the Brown Derby Cocktail for this week as a semi-tribute to the Kentucky Derby and Churchill Downs.  Once I started doing a bit of research on the drink I realized that this was an epic fail on my part.  The Brown Derby was the signature cocktail of the Vendome Club in Los Angeles,…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…