When is a bad idea a good idea? Why do Filipino children hate chocolate chip cookies and what does that have to do with making whiskey? This is the story of what happens when you can’t say no to Dad. 

Whiskey Review: Still Austin High Rye Bourbon Bottled in Bond. Fall 2023 release. 

Germany is in ruins and the end of the war is near. General George Patton spots one last chance for glory and orders a desperate raid, deep behind enemy lines.

Whiskey Review: Jack Daniel’s Barrel Proof

After the Battle of Tippecanoe, the  embers of war smolder on the American Frontier. The War of 1812 reignites the firestorm that engulfs the innocent. Amidst the blaze, Tecumseh and William Henry Harrison finally meet on the battlefield. 

Whiskey Review: Bulleit Bourbon Frontier Whiskey 

In the glass, Four Roses Small Batch Select. On the front, in the early 1800s, disease, famine and war ravage the American frontier. Cosmic events propel a religious revival and two men square off for the future of their people. 

In the glass, my review of our first rye, Rittenhouse Rye. At the front, high above Europe,   America’s sons are locked in a deadly battle to determine the fate of the war. Contact: [email protected]
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In a world where so many men chose to be terrible, he chose to be himself. This is the story of the farm boy and the man that wrote about him that changed my life. 

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Thousands of miles from home, undersupplied and undermanned... A few Americans take on a mob boss. 

With this first episode we review our first bourbon, Buffalo Trace. I am then going to take you deep into the frontier’s wilderness and to the site of a forgotten massacre. 

Welcome to Bourbon and Battles! A place where that unique and refined American spirit meets the grit and gore of America’s battlefields. This episode serves as the introduction to who I am and what we’ll talk about. I’ll also touch on some bourbon basics. 

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