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Why Am I So Late? The Truth About My Top 100

January 14, 2026

I owe you a bit of an explanation for the tardiness of my 2025 Top 100, the live tasting taking...

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The Bourbon Cycle: From New Fan to Geekdom

October 16, 2018

Remember when you were a new bourbon consumer? Ah, the good, old days. You walked into a store, chatted with...

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February 7, 2018

“Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery.” – Charles Caleb Colton When Colton, the English cleric, wrote this in the...

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June 30, 2017

Remember when you were a new bourbon consumer? Ah, the good old days. You walked into a store, chatted with...

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August 19, 2015

While at Four Roses yesterday, interviewing the new CEO and distiller, I noticed a sample bottle at the round, rotating...

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August 7, 2015

The facility formerly known as the Old Taylor Distillery is open for business. Kind of. The new ownership is offering...

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May 1, 2015

With a beautiful blue sky backdrop, Diageo officials, the Louisville and Shively mayors, Tom Bulleit and several Pappy Van Winkle...