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I’m fresh off the dopest of trips and excited to share so much of it with you:

In April, a colleague of mine decided that she wanted to celebrate her husband’s birthday with a trip to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail for him and 10 friends. She asked The Black Bourbon Guy to craft a can’t-miss itinerary for the group, including the best and most interesting distilleries, restaurants, and bottle shops we could find. The coolest part? I would be going and leading the group!

The Kentucky Bourbon Trail is an amazing place to learn about the history of bourbon and to taste some of the best bourbons in the world. Beginning in Louisville, the Trail is made up of just over 40 different distilleries on the official Trail, and many others that are not officially recognized, each with its own unique story and style of Bourbon. There are a few things to keep in mind if you ever plan to visit. Here’s a great beginner’s guide for a successful trip to the Kentucky Bourbon Trail.

Our journey started with a Tuesday 5:50 am flight from Raleigh, a connection in DC, and finally landing in Louisville just in time to rush to Old Forester for the only tour spot we could manage at what is unquestionably my favorite distillery. We squeezed in some day trips to Frankfort and Bardstown, and event saw some twilight racing at historic Churchill Downs racetrack. Our journey came to an end on Sunday at 10:00 pm, when we touched back down at RDU. The middle was filled with some amazing stops and stories. Here are some of the highlights:

Buffalo Trace Distillery
Frankfort, KY

Home to some of the titans of whiskey: EH Taylor, Elmer T Lee, George T Stagg and many others

Obviously one of the most popular and well-known distilleries in the world. Given how popular they are, it can be hard to land a tour at Buffalo Trace. If you are willing to put in the effort, I promise you the juice is worth the squeeze. We scored some spots on the Trace Tour, which showcased some of the most historic buildings on the property, including the historic Warehouse C, which had its roof torn off by a tornado in 2006. Bottles of EH Taylor that survived the storm have been sold for as much as $15,000 on the secondary market.

If you’re willing to show up early, the distillery releases a special bottle each day at 9am. If you’re lucky, you can score a bottle of EH Taylor Small Batch, Weller Special Reserve or Blanton’s, all at MSRP. Worst case scenario, they’ve always got standard Buffalo Trace for sale. The bourbon gods smiled upon us and we managed to grab some Weller and EH Taylor. 

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Old Forester Distillery
Louisville, KY

Located in the heart of downtown louisville’s historic whiskey row

There are two rules for choosing your favorite bourbon: 1. You can find it. 2. You can afford it.

For both of those reasons, Old Forester is my favorite distillery, hands down. While I missed our tour due to flight issues, we had a great time at their amazing Downtown Louisville facility, featuring their gorgeous 44-foot-tall copper column still “Big Penny”. Word is, the tour was excellent. As one of the oldest continually operating brands on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail, Old Forester has so many great stories to tell. You also get the opportunity to char a barrel, yourself, as you tour the facility.

The Old Forester Bar has some fun cocktails and offers flights of one of my all-time favorite bourbons, Old Forester Birthday Bourbon — a limited-edition yearly release, honoring the birthday of their founder, George Garvin Brown. We happily spent way too much time and money here, and I look forward to making visit.

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Heaven Hill Bourbon Experience
Bardstown, KY

Crafting some of the best brands in American Whiskey, since 1935

Another must-see stop on the tour. While most of their distilling is done in Louisville, Heaven Hill ages all of its products on its enormous campus in Bardstown. We got the hook up from a colleague and scored a spot at the Whiskey Connoisseur Experience here. It started with a quick, yet immersive video experience, located inside the Distillery Theater,  which was designed to look like the inside of a bourbon barrel. Next up, was a fun tasting of some of their available premium options, including Elijah Craig Toasted Barrel and a selection from their Parker’s Heritage series. The best part? They reserved a premium bottle for each of us at the end.

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Castle & Key Distillery
Frankfort, KY

The OG destination for bourbon tourism, located in Kentucky’s capitol city

Opened in 1887 by Colonel EH Taylor, himself, Castle & Key sits on the site of the historic Old Taylor Distillery. These cats are fermenting and distilling spirits inside a real-life castle; it was amazing to see the operation. They’ve been selling vodka and gin for a while now, but their small batch just hit the market and sold out with the quickness. In addition to the castle, the property also features beautiful sunken gardens, a moat, a limestone springhouse, and an enormous, ivy-adorned barrel-aging warehouse that doubles as a nuclear fallout center, in case of emergency. Definitely would not be the worst place to spend the last of your days.

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Preservation Distillery
Bardstown, KY

Because bigger doesn’t always mean better

Preservation Distillery is a hidden gem on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail. Located in historic Bardstown, Kentucky, their proprietary bourbon is still aging and not quite mature enough to bottle, but they have a handful of unique whiskey blends on the market. Each of their offerings is pot distilled in small batches of 1-3 barrels.  While most of the operations that we visited are titans in the industry, which makes touring a smaller, up-and-coming spot like Preservation a great opportunity to get a little closer to the process. Also, fewer employees mean that everyone knows the business from top to bottom. Definitely a great stop.

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Woodford Reserve Distillery
Versailles, KY

Locals will be quick to remind you that it’s pronounced “vər-SAYLZ”, unlike its French predecessor

Since we’d already taken a trip to Churchill Downs, it was only right that we visit the official sponsor of the Kentucky Derby. Woodford distillery is one of the most famous stops on the bourbon trail. The picturesque site overlooking the Kentucky River is worth the drive alone, but their bar allows you to taste some of the best bourbons you can find. We stopped here for some bourbon, cheese, and chocolate on their back porch, which overlooks several beautiful horse pastures.

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Willett Distillery
Bardstown, KY

Lunch at the Willett bar is a can’t-miss experience

I intentionally saved the best for last here. Built in 1936, Willett Distillery is one of the most recognized names in the whiskey world – Their Family Estate Bottled Bourbons are some of the rarest bottles around. As famous as they are for their whiskey, someone told me that they take their food program just as seriously.  Fortunately for us, that turned out to be some amazing advice.

The Bar at Willett has some great décor, and is decorated with a bucket list of their releases. Their menu is made up of shareable small plates, showcasing the creativity of their culinary team. We tore through almost the entire menu and ordered a couple items twice. Their tempura-battered broccoli and seared octopus served with chimichurri atop house-made hummus were two of my favorites.

And then there were the drinks. We needed a slight break from drinking straight whiskey, and Willett’s cocktail game was certainly up to the task. They advertise their whiskey sour as being “life-changing”. While it’s not quite there, it is amazing to watch them chill their coupe glasses with dry ice, while making sours. They also stamp some of their large ice cubes with the Willett logo. Pretty dope.

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Proof on Main @ 21c

A Restaurant In A Hotel, Not A Hotel Restaurant

If you’re a fan of delicious, locally-sourced seasonal menus, than Proof is the place for you. A great friend of mine is the Chef de Cuisine at Proof, and dude is an extremely talented individual. We had an amazing dinner on Friday night, featuring some amazing food, drinks, and top-notch service. It doesn’t hurt that there’s a gorgeous modern art gallery around the corner for you to check out before or after dinner. 

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This truly was the ultimate Kentucky Bourbon Trail experience. We had memorable distillery trips, the perfect blend of activities, and scored some great bottles and souvenirs along the way. We even managed to visit the historic Churchill Downs, site of the Kentucky Derby. It was a great way to celebrate a birthday in style!

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The summer of 2019 gave birth to a new style of American Whiskey – Missouri Bourbon. Passed on August 28^th, House Bill 266 declared that Missouri bourbon must meet all federal quality standards for bourbon, and must be mashed, fermented, distilled, and bottled in the state. It must also be made with corn grown in-state, and aged oak barrels from – you guessed it – Missouri.  

While 95% of all bourbon production comes from Kentucky, Missouri’s climate and geography are well suited for producing high-quality bourbon. Some say that it’s all about limestone springs producing water that gives Kentucky bourbon its signature taste. Fortunately, Missouri has a few limestone springs, themselves. The first Missouri distillery to produce bourbon was J. Rieger & Co., which opened in 2014.

The State’s oldest distillery was founded by a man by the name of Ben Holladay, known throughout history as the “Stagecoach King”. The Holladay Distillery underwent a $10 million renovation in 2015 and began distilling its own juice for the 1^st time in over 3 decades. Many a whiskey nerd (myself included), has been buzzing for this release, and we were rewarded on May 21^st with the release of Ben Holladay’s 6-year-old Bottled-in-Bond offering.

If you’ve got friends in Missouri, tell them to grab you a bottle!

Fun Fact: Ben Holladay Bourbon uses the same OG mash bill (recipe, if you will) from 1856. Ben was a Kentucky native, who purchased the property in 1849. He immediately recognized the limestone spring on the site and figured that he could use it to create high-quality bourbon, just like the stuff from back home. He began Blue Springs Distillery with his brother, David, where they sold bourbon for 35 cents per gallon.

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Introducing, Hardin’s Creek.

Bourbon is so hot right now, which makes it very difficult for many of us to find many labels. This goes extra for the hyper popular brands. Personally, I spend most of my time searching for value bottles, but it’s always fun keep an eye out for new premium products on the market.

On July 1^st, the Fred B. Noe Distillery will debut its new line of limited release, premium whiskies – Hardin’s Creek. The series is meant to honor the Beam family legacy, and will feature multiple releases of unique whiskies, showcasing different parts of the production process – age, single barrel selection, blending, distillation, or specific rickhouse location, for example. The series will start off with 2 expressions:

Jacob’s Well – Featuring a blend of ultra aged high corn and high rye mashbills, Jacob’s Well is an homage to Johannes Jacob Beam, the forefather of the Beam family. Built in 1795 near Hardin’s Creek, KY, Jacob’s Well was the foundation of a distillery that would become a dynasty. It provided direct access to water for all of the family’s corn crops & distillation needs.

Beam Tasting Notes:

• Color: Rich amber with burgundy highlights
• Nose: Sweet vanilla and caramel with hints of rich oak
• Palate: Forward oak and char married with stone fruits
• Finish: Smooth with lingering notes of vanilla and brown sweets

Colonel James B. Beam – Utilizes a longer fermentation process and is taken off the still at a lower proof. The process was designed to create a bourbon that only requires 2 years of aging to produce mature flavors beyond its years. The goal? Proving that great quality isn’t always a result of time.

Beam Tasting Notes:

• Color: Amber gold
• Nose: Robust vanilla and caramel notes
• Palate: Deep and complex flavors of vanilla, nuts and oak
• Finish: Long and full

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Che Ramos will be a guest bartender at Durham’s Alley Twenty 26

Ramos, known as The Black Bourbon Guy, will have a once-a-month residency behind the bar on the last Wednesday of each month.

 

 

Durham, N.C. (March

Durham, N.C. (March 21,
2022) — Bourbon expert Che Ramos, who is known as The Black Bourbon Guy, will be a regular guest bartender at Durham’s Alley Twenty Six on the last Wednesday of each month. 

“Che is one of my favorite bartenders. Now he’s following his passion and transitioning into more consulting and education with the launch of The Black Bourbon Guy. So we asked Che to join us behind the bar last month for one of our Whiskey Wednesday events. Our guests enjoyed Che’s presence so much that we asked him to return on a regular basis,” said Shannon Healy, the owner of Alley Twenty Six, a 2022 James Beard finalist for Outstanding Bar Program. “Che’s expertise and enthusiasm to share his bourbon knowledge makes him a good
fit for the type of hospitality we try to offer at Alley Twenty Six.” 

Ramos has spent almost 20 years working at Triangle restaurants and bars, including Weathervane and Kitchen, both in Chapel Hill, and
University Club and Counting House at the 21c Museum Hotel, both in Durham. In Nov. 2020, Ramos started The Black Bourbon Guy to offer professional training as well as private whiskey tastings and cocktail classes. His hope is to increase people of color behind the bar and among the clientele at the bars he likes to frequent.

“There’s not a lot of black representation on either side of the bars that I go to,” Ramos said. “The goal of these events is to share both my
and Alley Twenty Six’s love of great whiskey with a diverse group of people. That benefits everybody.”

Ramos’ next turn behind the bar at Alley Twenty Six will be 4-6 p.m. March 30. Every Wednesday, the team at Alley Twenty Six chooses a
different unique or exciting bottle of whiskey to serve at a break-even price. If a guest ordered a pour of the same whiskey at another bar or even at Alley Twenty Six on a different night, they would pay the standard up charge. Whiskey Wednesday is a way for the cocktail bar to offer guests a chance to learn about these premium whiskeys without breaking the bank. On March 23, the bar will be offering George Dickel Bottled in Bond for $5 a pour. Ramos selected Uncle Nearest 1856 for $5 to pour on March 30. Uncle Nearest Premium Whiskey is named for Nathan Green, the Tennessee slave who taught Jack Daniel how to make whiskey.

For more information about Ramos’ business: blackbourbonguy.com. For photos of Ramos behind the bar at Alley Twenty Six, please go to: https://bit.ly/CheRamosphotos

Alley Twenty Six is located at 320 E. Chapel Hill St., Durham. It is open for cocktails from 4 p.m.-12 a.m. Wednesday-Thursday and Sunday
Sunday from 4-10 p.m., Friday and Saturday from 4 p.m.-2 a.m. Dinner is served Wednesday-Sunday and brunch is available on Sundays. For more information: alleytwentysix.com.

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ABOUT ALLEY TWENTY SIX: Shannon Healy opened Alley Twenty Six in 2012 in the heart of downtown Durham, N.C. Healy previously
served as general manager of the James Beard Award-winning restaurant Crook’s Corner in Chapel Hill, N.C., which has
since closed. Healy brought his farm-to-sip approach to cocktails from Crook’s to Alley Twenty Six. In 2017, Healy expanded the bar to add a full kitchen and dining room. Chef Carrie Schleiffer serves up a seasonal menu of small plates and entrees that pair well with the evolving cocktail menu. In March 2022, Alley Twenty Six was named a finalist for Outstanding Bar Program, a national category in the James Beard Foundation’s annual restaurant and chef awards. Alley Twenty Six is the first North Carolina bar or restaurant to be a semifinalist or finalist in this category since it was started in 2012. Healy has also won multiple awards for best bartender from Indy Week and best cocktail from Durham Magazine. For more information: alleytwentysix.com.

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Bourbon is aged in large, usually multi-story warehouses called rickhouses.  A single barrel bourbon is a limited production product, meaning it is made from barrels that are purposely selected for this purpose. These barrels are often at least 4 years old and are usually bottled at 90 proof or higher. Single barrel bourbon is not bottled from the same barrels as all other bottles of the same brand. It is not blended with whiskey from other barrels. Instead, the process is a bit more complicated.

Single Barrel Production

When the distiller decieds that a barrel is ready for bottling, a sample of the whiskey is taken from the barrel. This sample is used to create a new barrel that has the same flavor profile as the barrel used for sampling. This new barrel is then used to create a new sample, which is then used to create a new barrel with the same flavor profile. The process continues until the sample is consistent with the flavor profile of the original barrel. This process is repeated until the whiskey reaches the desired taste profile.

While the process may seem a bit involved, it helps make sure that single barrel bourbon is consistent with the taste profile of the original barrel. This consistency is one of the reasons single barrel bourbon is so popular.

How to choose a single barrel bourbon

Single barrel bourbons are not created equally. You will have many options to choose from when you are looking for single barrel bourbon. In this section, we will discuss some of the factors you should consider:

Age

Most single barrel bourbons will be between 6 and 12 years old. The age of the whiskey will affect the cost and taste, but does not necessarily relate to quality. Younger bourbons will typically be sweeter and less spicy. Older bourbons tend to be dryer and more robust. The age of the whiskey may not be listed on the bottle, so you will need to do some research before making a purchase.

Proof

There is a lot of debate about the best proof for single barrel bourbon. Some people prefer their bourbon nice and hot, bottled at 100 proof or more. Others prefer it less boozy, at 90 proof or less. The proof of a single barrel bourbon will be listed on the bottle. Go grab a couple, and find your preference.

Price

Single barrel bourbons are typically more expensive than their blended counterparts. This is because they are produced in smaller batches and are more difficult to produce. Expect to pay anywhere from $35 to $100 retail for a good bottle of single barrel bourbon.

Brand

I love sampling single barrel picks from distilleries that aren’t my favorite. Why? You never know when you will be pleasantly surprised by a brand that you might have written off. For example: Jack Daniels Old No. 7 is best mixed with sugary Coca Cola, but their Single Barrel Rye is a sippable gift from the gods. Hit your local spot and try a new one today!

What’s the best single barrel out there?

Many people would consider Blanton’s, a product of Buffalo Trace Distillery, to be near the top of the list. Introduced in 1984, it makes a claim as the first single barrel sold commercially, and has developed a remarkable cult following over the years. Sadly, most of us will never see a bottle of Blanton’s. Fortunately, many other distilleries have put out some amazing single barrel offerings between 1984 and today. You can find 1 or 2 of my favorites here. Go try one for yourself!

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Shaking or stirring cocktails is both a matter of personal taste and technique. Some people love the texture of a shaken drink, while others prefer the silky texture of stirred drinks.

How to Shake a cocktail

Shaking a cocktail is quite straightforward. Put your ingredients in the cocktail shaker, add ice, and then seal the shaker. I like to use a Tin-on-Tin Cocktail Shaker for this purpose. It’s both easy to use, and easy to clean. It comes in many different colors, and I own at least 4 of them. 

You can shake any way you’d like, so long as you shake for 8-12 seconds. Fancy technique will get you style points but won’t change your drink. Grab a Hawthorne Strainer and strain the cocktail into the glass. The shaking process will produce lots of small, broken pieces, which can over-dilute your cocktail as they melt. A quality strainer will keep the biggest pieces out.

How to Stir a cocktail

Stirring a cocktail is a bit more involved. It’s pretty easy once you’ve done it a few times, but it can be tricky at first. I prefer a great-looking mixing glass for this purpose, but metal tins are technically more efficient. If you choose the glass route, make sure you ice it down so it is nice and chilled before you start mixing.

First, you’ll put your ingredients in the mixing glass, then you’ll add your ice. Grab a stirring spoon, I like to use a longer stirring rod for this purpose, because it gives you more leverage when stirring. Unlike shaking, technique is important when it comes to stirring. The type of ice you use should be your guide: With smaller ice, stir slower and for less time. Larger ice, longer or faster. 

While stirring, allow the spoon to twirl in your fingers, while keeping your spoon to the back wall of your mixing glass. You’ll stir for about 30 seconds until it’s cold and properly diluted. Grab a Hawthorne or Julep Strainer and strain your creation into a glass.

Which is Better?

I encourage you to try both shaking and stirring cocktails. Maybe you’ll like one more than the other. As a general rule, if a drink contains citrus (lemon, lime juice etc..), olive brine or egg white, shake it. Shaking a cocktail provides texture that is a big part of the appeal for some drinks. On the other hand, stirring is all about combining flavors, adding dilution, and lowering temperature.

If you really want to make drinks like a pro, I’d suggest you learn both styles. 

Need some practice? Head back to the Recipes page, and spin up some of my favorites!

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Thanksgiving is our favorite holiday here at the BBG, and we are hoping that you had an amazing one!

This may surprise people given how much I talk about Bourbon, but wine is my first love. In the BBG household, we typically pair our Thanksgiving meal with some fantastic (and usually French) wine. This year, we went with two dynamite picks:The First Is A Delicious Chablis From Domaine Moreau Naudet By The Name Of “Forêts”. 100% Chardonnay (By Law) It Is A Premier Cru Pick, Meaning This Is Not Your Average Bottle. It’s Medium-Bodied, And Packs Some Wonderful, Bright Acidity, Which Worked Perfectly With Everything On The Menu This Year.Next up, a wonderful Beaujolais from Estate Yohan Lardy – their 2019 Vieilles Vignes de 1903. Made 100% from the Gamay grape, this is another Cru selection, coming from a storied region by the name of Moulin à Vent. This bottle is full of red fruit, had great structure, and paired perfectly with all the meats.

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New BBG Website

Thanks to some long weeks, lots of help from colleagues and some good old fashioned luck, the new BBG site is up and running! We’ve got a brand new Whiskey Resources section, with some fun information, recipes and our new blog. There’s also a brand new BBG Store! 

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The Perfect Manhattan

If you order a Perfect Manhattan at the from a novice bartender, there’s a good chance they’ll make you their favorite Manhattan. Sadly, I’ve seen it a few times. The Perfect Manhattan is a cousin to the classic cocktail, using a combination of both sweet and dry vermouths. Check it out at your favorite watering hole. Here’s my favorite recipe:• 2 oz Rittenhouse Rye• 1/2 oz Cocchi Torino Vermouth• 1/2 oz Dolin Dry Vermouth

• 1/2 oz Angostura Bitters

Combine the following ingredients in a mixing glass, add ice, and stir. Strain into either a chilled coupe, or into a double rocks glass with a large ice cube. Garnish with Luxardo Maraschino Cherries and serve.

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Bourbon Club Barrel Picks

If you’ve been to the liquor store lately, you’ve probably seen a handful of single barrel picks from various Bourbon clubs. As some of the big name Whiskies become harder to find, single barrel picks are an awesome opportunity to find unique, high quality stuff. Just make sure the group knows its stuff! Here is a quick refresher on some whiskey basics for you!

Bull City Bourbon Club

Speaking of single barrel picks, my favorite local group is Bull City Bourbon Club. They are a smaller, private group, many of whom spent years working in the food & beverage industry. They really know their stuff. Group membership is pretty limited, but if you come across any of their picks at ABC stores in Durham County, N.C., I’d suggest you grab it!
Their latest pick (still rumored to be available in limited quantities) was Jefferson’s ‘Movin On Up!’ This was a popular pick, most of which sold out pretty quickly. Rumor is, my buddies at Alley 26 (one of my favorite cocktail bars) in Downtown Durham, N.C. will have a bottle or two coming in very soon. Here are some tasting notes, in case you are interested:
Nose: dulce de leche, baking spices, ‘nilla wafers stone fruit.
Palate: light caramel, cinnamon, candied walnuts, dried fruit (figs, dates, golden raisins)

Finish: nice medium-long finish brings rye spice with some black peper and a note of herbal fennel bulb

New BBG Website Coming Soon

Well, it’s a bittersweet time here at BBG… almost time to say goodbye to our old website. We’ve been coding furiously to get the new one ready for you. We’ll have lots of new content, a new BBG Store and more!

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The Black Bourbon Guy

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BBG Holiday Event Incentive!

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Specialty Bourbon Release Season!

Distilleries release specialty bottles throughout the year, but the fall always brings us some fantastic drops. Sadly, you won’t see any George T Stagg on the shelves this year, but if you’ve been looking already, you’ve probably seen some dynamite bottles at your local liquor stores. Make sure you keep an eye out for Pappy Van Winkle, which is rumored to be released this month.

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This holiday season, what are you thankful for? At the Black Bourbon Guy, we thank our lucky stars for health, friends, family and of course, bourbon!!!

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Bourbon Fun Fact:

Bourbon is named after the House of Bourbon, a powerful French dynasty.
In response to the Whiskey Rebellion, George Washington decided to incentivize disgruntled, tax-evading settlers to move southward to Kentucky, then still part of Virginia. The governor, Thomas Jefferson, doled out 60 acres of land to each Pennsylvania transplant who agreed to produce American whiskey on their land. Jefferson christened the new settlement Bourbon County after the French Bourbon dynasty, which held court in the 18th century. Distillers began shipping their wares down the Missouri and Ohio rivers, stamping “Bourbon County” on each barrel to mark its origin and ultimately giving the drink its permanent name.

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