What a whiskey world we live in. This 80-proof spirit is a combination of two Kentucky straight rye whiskey and two Kentucky straight bourbons. The rye to bourbon ration is about four to one. This whiskey is sweet and spicy.Continue readingTonight’s Tipple: Basil Hayden’s Two by Two Rye
Everyone who knows me knows I love whiskey. Bourbon, Irish, Scotch, Rye…. It also is welcome to me. This summer, I enjoyed a great deal of Kentucky classic’s, especially Knob Creek and Harper’s. A liquor store near my office is sellingContinue readingRefreshing Drinks to Beat the August Heat
We all have heard the story: manufacturing is dying in America. All the good blue collar jobs are moving to Mexico and China. America’s middle-class employment has been hollowed out — the few get lucrative white collar jobs, and prettyContinue readingTouring the American Whiskey Trail Tour, Day 2
Where better to start a tour of the American Whiskey Trail than at Mount Vernon? George Washington often has been called the father of our grand nation — the prototype of this new man, the American. Appropriately, he owned aContinue readingTouring the American Whiskey Trail, Day 1
I am a seasonal drinker. What tastes best to me in the summer swelter is not what I hoist in the chillier months. Since the cold began its bite some weeks back, I have not had a single gin drink,Continue readingWarming Winter Whiskeys