Past club meetings and reviews

March 2019 – The Unique Methods & Smelling Event
The Smelling Event We always say the whiskey tastes like something other than whiskey, and it can be difficult to find words to express the

February 2019 – The Request Month
February’s Selection This month I sourced the tasting selection to our Facebook page and got a couple of recommendations. It was an interesting group of

January 2019 – The Best of 2018
The new year In the past, I’ve stuck to recording our experiences for the heck of it. I had talked about doing a bourbon club

December 2018 – The Blind Taste Event 2
This is probably my favorite event to do. How it works is I pour the drinks in another room and warn everyone of the ABV,

November 2018 – The BYOB Event
I’ve hosted a lot of bourbon clubs now. Sometimes, life is happening. Bourbon club is something I look forward to every month and my wife

October 2018 – Holiday Whiskey Cocktails
*** All of the recipes in this post are measured for 1 drink. If you plan on making a pitcher or slow cooker of the

September 2018 – The Showdown (our assumptions, challenged)
September 2018 – The Showdown (our assumptions, challenged) There are some things we’ve said in our club in the past that tend to influence our

August 2018 – More Non-Kentucky (cocktail) Whiskeys
Hoping for more exciting whiskey from locations outside our typical Kentucky bourbon, we ventured out to whiskey from Utah, Oregon, and Washington. What we found

July 2018 – Non-Kentucky Whiskeys
We’ve done an event like this before, and we found that there is a lot of great American history and bourbon that doesn’t come from

June 2018 – Cake Day
For the month of June we had a smaller group and the budget was a little tight, so we spent most of the budget on

May 2018 – Summer Cocktail Class
There’s a pretty low threshold for the requirement of quality whiskey when it comes to cocktails. I mean, don’t use crap whiskey just because it’s

April 2018 – The New Format Month
The grand food event generated a ton of interest. However, I learned that hosting an event like that was horrific to manage and vowed never

March 2018 – The Grand Food Event
I will preface this post by noting that this was probably our biggest success in that it was talked about a lot and most of

February 2018 – Popper Burger Month
This month, there was a smaller than usual turnout, so we could only afford to try 2 bottles. I have had Elijah Craig barrel-proof whiskey

November 2017 – The Blind Taste Test Event (Price-guessing game)
This month I changed the format. We discuss our bourbon without really thinking too much about what it’s worth vs what it costs. For this

October 2017 – Seasonal Whiskey Cocktail Day
The holidays are just around the corner, and many of our members don’t know how to shake a cocktail. I’m not a bartender, and my

September 2017 – Prestige Month
I.W. Harper Redbreast 12 Irish Whiskey Blanton’s Kentucky Bourbon

June 2017 – Summer Whiskey Cocktails
It’s June 25, 2017 in Portland, OR. As it turns out, this is an incredibly hot time of the year for this area. It’s also

May 2017 – American Rye
Our first meeting, I felt, was a huge success. We all had a fun time and everyone agreed that it was more like an experience
More Posts
- March 2019 – The Unique Methods & Smelling Event
- Bull Run 10 Year Pinot Finish
- Wild Turkey Longbranch
- Jefferson’s Ocean Aged at Sea
- Whiskey Labels – Malts and Blends
- How Distillate Becomes Whiskey
- Angel’s Envy Port Finished Bourbon
- Four Roses Small Batch
- Bowman Brother’s Pioneer Spirit Bourbon Whiskey
- February 2019 – The Request Month
- 1792 Small Batch
- Whiskey Basics: Drinking Moonshine
- Whiskey Basics: How Liquor Is Distilled
- Baker’s Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- Blanton’s Straight From The Barrel Bourbon
- Jefferson’s Very Small Batch
- January 2019 – The Best of 2018
- Bourbon Hot Chocolate
- The Big Fall Cocktail
- Red Moon over Manhattan
- Whiskey Basics: How Alcohol Is Made
- The Basics Of Running A Club (Setting the Pace)
- The Basics Of Running A Club (Paying for Stuff)
- High West American Prairie Bourbon
- Woodenville Straight Bourbon Whiskey
- Broken Top Bourbon Whiskey
- Bulleit Bourbon 10-Year
- Beer Barrel Bourbon
- Clyde May’s Alabama Style Whiskey
- I.W. Harper 15 Year
- Walthen’s Single Barrel
- Breckenridge High Proof
- Bird Dog Select Stock
- David Nicholson 1843
- Benchmark Review
- The Basics Of Running A Club (What do you actually do there?)
- The Basics Of Running A Club (Equipment Checklist)
- Score Card
- December 2018 – The Blind Taste Event 2
- November 2018 – The BYOB Event
- October 2018 – Holiday Whiskey Cocktails
- September 2018 – The Showdown (our assumptions, challenged)
- August 2018 – More Non-Kentucky (cocktail) Whiskeys
- July 2018 – Non-Kentucky Whiskeys
- June 2018 – Cake Day
- May 2018 – Summer Cocktail Class
- April 2018 – The New Format Month
- March 2018 – The Grand Food Event
- February 2018 – Popper Burger Month
- January 2018 – 2017 In Retrospect
- December 2017 – The Pre-Party Event
- November 2017 – The Blind Taste Test Event (Price-guessing game)
- October 2017 – Seasonal Whiskey Cocktail Day
- September 2017 – Prestige Month
- August 2017 – Local Whiskey Day
- July 2017 – Non-Kentucky Bourbon (The plus 1 event)
- June 2017 – Summer Whiskey Cocktails
- May 2017 – American Rye
- April 2017 – First Meeting