Apparently, W. L. Weller distilled Kentucky Straight Bourbon with wheat before anyone else — including Julian “Pappy” Van Winkle, Sr. Van Winkle actually worked as a liquor salesman for W.L. Weller … Read more
Summer’s here — at least in Savannah, GA — and the living is easy. But, it’s already hot and humid as hell. And speaking of what’s hot, many bourbon lovers and Pappy … Read more
Walker Percy introduced me to Bourbon and Wright Thompson pointed me to Pappy. Percy’s literature is all about the search for something (God?). “What is the nature of the … Read more
This year I came up short. After two very good years — beginner’s luck, I guess — I didn’t score any Pappy Van Winkle in 2013. Maybe my bottle was … Read more
A Bourbon as “Scarce as Mermaids” Thanks to @BourbonBanter for bringing this article to my attention. And as @CLTBourbonClub told me via Twitter. “Pappy’s #bourbon is about as scarce in these parts as mermaids.” Oh well, … Read more