Ever wondered how and why Pappy Van Winkle’s bourbon earned its stellar reputation? Some say it all began when Julian Van Winkle III stumbled upon an old picture of his grandfather, Julian “Pappy” Van Winkle, smoking a stogie in the mid 1990’s. He decided it would be the perfect label to affix upon the now […]
I’m often asked who my favorite bourbon writer is. No. That’s actually BS. No one has ever asked me that. But if they did I’d tell them this guy — Chuck Cowdery. Now I am not saying my favorite bourbon storyteller. That would be Wright Thompson and this would be one of my favorite bourbon
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Pappy Van Winkle’s Aged Bourbon Can’t Keep Pace With Consumer Demand “It’s the character, the taste. The scarcity of it that drives the interest.” – Chris Brantley
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Do you have suggestions for finding a bottle of Pappy? I do not. Even though there’s more in Kentucky, it’s not like you’re going to find it on the shelf. Probably the best thing is good luck. You can go into a little store somewhere and maybe somebody doesn’t know what it is and the
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Rip Van Winkle left his nagging wife, drank moonshine, and slept for at least 20 years. When he woke up, the world had changed. If he were to wake up today, he would find that a “left-for-dead” spirit, bourbon, is taking the world by storm and his namesake distillery, Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery produces some
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