05/28/2026
Every great pour seems to have a past...but these Kentucky bourbons are serving up a spectacular second act. 🥃🥃
Love a good underdog story? How about four of them... served neat? Join us for "The Comeback Kids"—a whiskey tasting where we dive deep into the spectacular rise, fall, and modern rebirth of four historic Kentucky bourbon brands.
https://theyareback.eventbrite.com/
We'll be exploring a bit of the dramatic history of these legendary spirits that defied the odds to make a modern comeback. Come sip, savor, and hear a few tales behind these 19th- and 20th-century bourbons that are enjoying a second life in 2026!
Here is everything you need to know:
🗓️ Date: Thursday, June 18th
⏰ Time: 7:00 PM - 8:15 PM
📍 Venue: The Treadwell Society | 24 Public Square, Elizabethtown, KY
🎟️ Tickets: $40 per person
⚠️ Note: This is a 21 + event. No one under 21 will be permitted.
Spots for this event are limited, so don't miss out on this evening of great stories and solid pours!
👉🏻 Link to tickets and more event info: https://theyareback.eventbrite.com/
Join us in Etown on June 18th and let's pour a dram of the spirits that wouldn't stay buried! 🥃🔥
The Comeback Kids - A Whiskey Tasting Featuring Resurrected Bourbon Brands
Out of the ashes... and into your glasses!
05/25/2026
One whiskey. Two very different bars. One absurd $984 price difference.
If you want to know exactly what makes the allocated bourbon market so wildly frustrating sometimes, just check out this photo.
I've shared this one before as well, but definitely worth revisiting. Always fun to dive into just how fair and equitable that prices of pours of whiskeys at various bars around the country.The photo on the left features the bar menu from Pappas Bros. Steakhouse in Dallas, TX. The photo on the right was shared from an unnamed bar in Lexington, KY
Both have the limited release W.L. Weller C.Y.P.B. ("Create Your Perfect Bourbon") on the menu. Hooray! However, one charges $16 for a pour. The other charges 62 TIMES MORE at $1,000 for a chance to sip. Also, that price is for a piddly one ounce pour. Pardon me while I pick my jaw up off the floor.
A ridiculous disparity in price. I can't name one other industry off the top of my head where bar owners gamble on the naivete of the patrons in order to up the price on a product so much. Unscrupulous characters who hope you'll associate the phrase "limited release" with outrageous pricing.
I guess the moral of the story is don't pay $1,000 for a drink of Weller at a bar this Summer (or, you know, anytime really). Share and spread the word. Happy Holiday Weekend!
05/23/2026
You don't often hear about bourbon warehouses just completely collapsing...but it does happen on rare occasions
This was the incredible scene at the Barton 1792 Distillery in Bardstown back in June 2018. Fortunately, no one was in the warehouse at the time, but the loss was massive.
Around 9,000 barrels (or roughly 477,000 gallons) of bourbon were destroyed in a matter of minutes. The other half of the aging warehouse collapsed two week later on July 4th.
Despite dropping up to seven stories and being buried under thousands of pounds of rubble, many of the 500-pound barrels survived completely intact. Because of the risk of sparks, cleanup crews had to painstakingly extract the surviving barrels one by one using cranes.
Eight years later and we're still waiting to see if maybe one day a "Warehouse Collapse Surviving Single Barrel 1792 Bourbon" expression will hit shelves...
05/20/2026
Hemingway certainly knew his way around both a pen and a bottle. I'd like to think that this gem is what secretly won him a Nobel Prize.
Sound and timeless advice. Whether chasing love or chasing a pour, don’t wait around. Life (and whiskey) is meant to be enjoyed. Wise words, Ernie. 🥃
Since we're quoting Hemingway, he also said this in a letter to his publisher outlining his 'Rules for Life." I dig this one too:
"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
05/15/2026
Every now and then you stumble across an artist doing something so cool in the whiskey world....you just gotta stop and share it! 🥃
Meet Adam Jacobs of Gemcity Glassworks. Adam is an insanely talented glass artist and his bourbon glasses in particular impress the pants off me. He was part of a recent event I co-hosted and I definitely want to shine a spotlight on his work so everyone gets to know his name.
There is definitely something a little special about sipping a nice whiskey out of a glass that was made by hand with a bit of care and craftsmanship. It enhances the experience of a sip just a bit.
Give Adam a follow at , show some love to a talented artist and look for him to pop up around town. Cheers!
05/13/2026
Here's one great Kentucky story that just doesn't get told enough. The best part is that it lives right at the corner of Bourbon and Horse Racing. 🌹
Colonel James E. Pepper was one of the most powerful figures in American bourbon in the late 1800s. He built what was one of the largest whiskey distilleries in the country in Lexington on the backs of his family's success and fortunes. He even had a private rail car that he would use to tour the country and promote his brands.
But he wasn't just a bourbon guy. He was an avid sportsman. And in 1892, a beloved filly he owned named Miss Dixie stepped onto the track at Churchill and won the 12th Running of the Kentucky Oaks!
A bourbon distiller AND a Kentucky Oaks champion. Colonel Pepper was not playing around. 🏇
After years of sitting in ruins, the James E. Pepper Distillery reopened in Lexington in 2017. It is a beautiful restoration of the original historic site that's well worth your visit.
The Colonel is long gone, but his name is still on the bottle (and maybe in our hearts). 🥃
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