As I write in my new book, “Barrel Strength Bourbon,” the thirst for hard-to-find Pappy Van Winkle has reached such epic proportions that empty Pappy bottles are being sold online for $200 — often purchased by counterfeiters who refill them…
Break open the piggy bank: A one-time bottling of 25-year-old Van Winkle bourbon will be released this spring. Only 11 barrels comprise this release, Buffalo Trace said in an announcement this morning. Suggested retail price for each of the 710…
When you’re scouring the shelves for W.L. Weller at your favorite liquor store later this year, you’ll need to be on the lookout for a new bottle. Beginning in December, Weller Special Reserve, Weller Antique, and Weller 12-Year-Old Bourbon Whiskey…
The powers that be haven’t spared our precious Pappy – yet. Recent reports that 28 stolen bottles of Pappy Van Winkle would be auctioned for charity regrettably jumped the gun. Franklin County Sheriff Pat Melton, whose office recovered the purloined…
For 10 years, Mark Gillespie has produced WhiskyCast, a weekly podcast of “cask-strength conversation.” Intrigued by my #PardonMyPappy campaign, Mark kindly interviewed me for Episode 531. Read about it here, and listen to our full interview below. Thanks, Mark!
The effort to #PardonMyPappy is picking up steam. Folks from all over the country have tweeted and retweeted and signed my petition asking Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear to step in and help prevent the destruction of thousands of dollars’ of…
Hoooo-eeee. Just when I was getting all sentimental about how there would be no “Justified” tonight, or ever again, we got ourselves a real-life Raylan-and-Boyd-worthy story right here in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. That’s right: The Case of the Missing…
Upset that the bourbon recovered in PappyGate this week may be destroyed, I’ve appealed to a higher power: Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear. I’m asking him to #PardonMyPappy. Please join the cause, won’t you? The Honorable Steven L. Beshear 700…
(SPOILER ALERT: DO NOT VENTURE FURTHER UNTIL YOU’VE WATCHED EPISODE 7, “THE HUNT.”) Oh, “Justified.” You get a lot of Kentucky things right, but you get so many so wrong. This week there were some of both. Right: Pappy Van…
(SPOILER ALERT: Do not read until you’ve watched Episode 2, “Cash Game.”) No eggs, just Turkey. Under increasing pressure from Raylan to provide information on Boyd, and Boyd’s increasingly suspicious gaze, Ava stepped it up from last week’s vodka and…
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