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Bill is the Co-Founder, Editor-in Chief, and official Bourbon-o-Phile for ModernThirst.com, and Founder and Chief Blending Officer for Four Gate Whiskey Company. He is a native of Louisville, KY in the heart of Bourbon Country. He attended the University of Kentucky in the mid to late 1990s. He has also been published on Liquor.com. He has conducted various bourbon and whiskey tastings in cities across the country, and consulted for multiple national labels. He is married with two daughters, and lives in east Louisville. You can follow him on Facebook and Twitter @BillStraub and email him at [email protected].
Old Weller Antique! It was a runaway. With 46% of the votes, and no other bourbon garnering more than 17%, you’ve chosen Old Weller Antique to be March, 2015’s Bourbon of the Month! Old Weller Antique is a wheated bourbon distilled in Frankfort, KY. And any mention of distilling in Frankfort, KY should immediately bring two words to the mind of a bourbon enthusiast: Buffalo Trace. Yes, this bourbon is distilled at the massive Buffalo Trace facility in Frankfort. The modern brand was actually developed at the famed Stitzel-Weller distillery in the Shively neighborhood of Louisville. Any mention of a…
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Modern Thirst was extremely fortunate during last week’s Media Tour for the Bourbon Classic to have the services of Ben Durant, a professional photographer, Modern Thirst contributor, and retail liquor store proprietor. Mother Nature did her best to put a damper on the tour, dumping from 8-12 inches of snow, more in some places, on Central Kentucky, blanketing many of the distilleries we visited. The result was a busload of frozen-to-the-bone writers and photographers, but some amazing scenes of some of Kentucky’s most scenic and historic distilleries in a light in which they are rarely seen. Here are some scenes Ben…
As previously announced, they do, in fact, plan to start distilling. On our recent tour of Vedome Brass and Copper Works, we spied their still-in-production still. Very nice!
If anyone ever calls you and asks if you’d like to attend the Bourbon Classic, there is only one correct answer. It’s yes. It’s a resounding yes. There are bourbon festivals all over the country. There are bourbon themed bars and restaurants. There is nothing like the Bourbon Classic. It is the World Cup of America’s Native Spirit, and it’s in the Center of the Bourbon Universe, Louisville, KY. It’s the gathering of chefs, distillers, writers, fans, experienced bourbon enthusiasts and brand new converts to the brown gold we know as bourbon. Despite Mother Nature’s best efforts, the 3rd annual edition went off…
I know, I know. We attend the biggest, baddest, bestest (sue me) bourbon event of the year right here in Louisville and a full two days with no review of the actual event? Real life beckons. So while we sort out what we actually remember versus what is a bourbon-induced hallucination, here’s some of the tastings we were treated to on the Media Tour. UPDATE: A Review of the Main event is online! Four Roses: The original plan to visit the distillery fell through thanks to Old Man Winter and his massive snow falls, but Four Roses setup a tasting…
Modernthirst.com will be on location covering the 2015 Bourbon Classic on February 20-21st in Louisville. Are you planning to attend? We’d love to meet up with ModernThirst readers at the event! So let us know if you’re there, and we’ll be on the lookout! And if you’re in town, be careful! If you need a ride, use the code MODERNTHIRST15 with UBER and get $20 off your first ride. Details here. The Classic is amongst the most well-known and best attended bourbon-related events in the country each year, featuring a who’s-who of the bourbon industry, from distillers, to coopers, to retailers,…
It’s cold and snowy across the Northeast and Midwest. Modern Thirst is staying warm the way God intended: with our Bourbon of the Month!
Don’t have a favorite president? Not sure who to toast? Here’s a somewhat incomplete list of a number of U.S. Presidents and their favorite alcoholic libations: John Adams – Our second president drank Cider each morning with breakfast and beer after that. That-a-boy, John. Get started early! John Kennedy – JFK loved him some daiquiris and foo-foo drinks, and he really liked Heineken beer, which caused a minor stir with the press when it was discovered, as Heineken was imported. Bill Clinton – In his youth at Georgetown, it is said he loved a Snakebite. The size of the capillaries on his nose…