Bill Accompanied Red Dot Liquors on a Buffalo Trace Barrel selection. Details inside and TONS of photos.
Author: Bill
Bill
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 Bill@ModernThirst.com.
Are you ready to get your mouth watering? The 2019 Bourbon Classic has announced the participants and partnerships for the Culinary and Cocktail challenge!
ModernThirst tastes the first new mashbill from Brown-Forman in nearly 150 years- Old Forester Rye.
ModernThirst reviews Cooper’s Craft Barrel Reserve, the latest release from Brown Foreman paying homage to the craft of barrel making.
A few quick notes on the site for 2019
ModernThirst tastes and rates the final expression of Orphan Barrel Distilling’s Rhetoric, a 25 year old Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey.
America’s First Bottled Bourbon™ introduces its first new mash bill in 150 years
ModernThirst is five years old!
Bill is starting a whiskey company! Follow along with the blog as we approach the brand’s launch!
Part III
Bill reviews three different finished American Straight Whiskeys.