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Every home bar has that bottle. Half full. Dusty shoulders. Opened sometime around last Thanksgiving and ignored since. Eventually somebody picks it up, squints at it, and asks: does bourbon go bad, or does it change with time? We make bourbon in Owensboro, Kentucky. We spend a lot of our days thinking about what happens

Calories, Carbs and Sugar in Bourbon Can bourbon fit a healthier routine? People ask us that a lot, usually with a glass already in hand. Fair question. Here’s the honest number on calories in bourbon: about 97 calories in a 1.5 oz pour at 80 proof. Zero carbs. Zero sugar. That’s the headline. Below, we

Bourbon vs. Rye Whiskey: What’s the Difference? Somebody at the bar always asks. What’s the difference between bourbon and rye? Plenty of drinkers order one or the other for years without a clean answer. No shame in that. The answer is simpler than most bar menus make it look. Bourbon vs rye whiskey is a

Large copper stills and fermentation tanks with red railings inside an industrial distillery or brewery facility Two ice cubes go into a pour of bourbon. Ten seconds later the glass looks hazy. Milky, almost. Most of us hit this moment at least once and ask the same thing: is this bad? No. It’s safe. It’s

We roll a fresh barrel of bourbon into the warehouse. Years later, we tap it. Some of the whiskey is gone. Nobody drank it. Nobody spilled it. The angels took their share. That’s angel’s share whiskey in a sentence. So, what is the angel’s share, minus the mysticism? It’s the bourbon that evaporates out of

Walk down the bourbon aisle lately and the prices sting. Bottles that sat on the bottom shelf ten years ago now live behind locked glass. Some cost more than a weekend grocery run. So why is bourbon so expensive? Part of the answer is plain math. Grain, oak, time, and taxes cost money. The other

Here’s the short answer. A standard 750ml bottle of bourbon holds about 16 shots. That’s the number most people came here for, so we put it right at the top. No fluff. But that count only works if you pour a standard shot. Pour heavier and the math shrinks fast. Your pour size changes everything,

A home bourbon tasting beats a crowded bar night. No waiting on a bartender. No marked-up pours. No shouting over music to explain what you taste. Good whiskey, good people, and a table you run. Here’s the part nobody mentions. Hosting one costs almost nothing. You don’t need a certificate or a shelf of rare

Walk into any bar with a halfway decent whiskey shelf and you will hear it eventually. One person swears bourbon and Tennessee whiskey are the same drink wearing two labels. The next one swears they have nothing in common. The argument never fully settles, and that is half the fun of it. Here is the

Two famous trails. One common mix-up. If you have ever planned a Kentucky bourbon trip, you have bumped into both names and wondered whether they point to the same thing. They don’t. The kentucky bourbon trail vs kentucky craft bourbon trail question trips people up because the names sound nearly identical, and both promise a