by Don Williams | Jul 10, 2026 | Bourbon basics, Bourbon Information, Bourbon review, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Unique Bottles
When I reviewed E. H. Taylor Cured Oak Bourbon recently, I expected the conversation to focus on the whiskey itself. Instead, nearly every follow-up discussion drifted toward one number. Eleven hundred dollars. The suggested retail price is around $80, yet bottles...
by Don Williams | May 22, 2026 | Bourbon Information, Bourbon News, Bourbon Travel, Kentucky, Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour
The bourbon boom is over. For years, bourbon drinkers lived through the whiskey version of the Hunger Games. Grown adults stood in liquor store parking lots at 7 a.m., hoping to score a bottle of Weller. Facebook groups tracked Buffalo Trace delivery schedules like...
by Don Williams | Mar 19, 2026 | American History, Bourbon basics, Bourbon history, Bourbon Information, Bourbon News, Whisky history
There was a time—not all that long ago—when bourbon could do no wrong. New distilleries were popping up faster than rickhouses at Buffalo Trace. Limited releases vanished in minutes. Prices climbed, and nobody blinked. If you had barrels, you had gold. If you had a...
by Don Williams | Feb 21, 2025 | Uncategorized
Imagine traveling through rural Kentucky, heading south past the enclave of Bardstown, and continuing southwest into Larue County. You barely notice the town of Athertonville on your way to Abraham Lincoln’s birthplace. Larue County, Kentucky, is home to the villages...
by Don Williams | Jan 3, 2025 | Bourbon history, Bourbon Information, Unique Bottles, Whisky history
There are many facets to the history of this very unique whiskey that has now taken on iconic status. The intriguing story of Blanton’s Bourbon includes the fact that this was a nameless bourbon. Early bottles carried the words Blanton Distilling Company on the...
