Well, after a busy last two weeks I finally got to open this one-Barrell Bourbon Batch 17. Again Barrell is adding some MGP (Midwest Grain Products) juice with some Kentucky bourbon, likely Heaven Hill, against their palate of Cascade Hollow (Dickel) bourbon used in all of their bourbons. This has some nice age on it, … Continue reading Barrell Bourbon Batch 17: one of Barrell’s best yet

Well, after the Knob Creek label on the Hokus Pokus pick, Hokus Pokus decided to sort of put me on the label of their Elijah Craig Private Barrel bourbon. Yes, I have a black leather chair, a wooden desk, and a green banker's lamp on said desk. If they had put a bow tie on … Continue reading Lawyers, Bourbon and Money Will Get Me Out of This; Elijah Craig Hokus Pokus Private Barrel

I haven't blogged in the last two weeks; call it an unintentional Mardi Gras break, with my Krewe's ball two weekends ago, and then the actual weekend which culminated in the tour de drunk through South Central Louisiana - Mamou, Eunice, Crowley, then back to Eunice - old school South Louisiana Mardi Gras. I've been … Continue reading Post Mardi Gras Bourbonlog, Bourbon Pairings with Tapas, and review of Bird Dog Ten Year Old “Very Small Batch” Bourbon; Surprisingly Good!