VinePair

JULY 9, 2025

Sensing a need for transparency, two bourbon price guides — Bourbon Blue Book and Bottle Blue Book — were launched in 2014 to track prices based on recent gray market sales trends. Were they truly finishing these bourbons — who has ever seen a barrel-aged strawberry kiwi brandy ?! — So what was an $80 MSRP George T.

Liquor 105

Liquor Whiskey Shooter Bottling 105

Chilled Magazine

APRIL 17, 2024

Founders Albert Peters, Edwin Pooley, and Edgar McClain began making fruit wine and brandies from the abundance of fruit in the region, taking only a brief hiatus to make industrial alcohol for the war effort.

Brandy 241

Brandy Vodka Tequila Bartender 241

The Whiskey Wash

MAY 11, 2024

Introduced in the 1960s, McDowell’s is amongst the largest umbrella spirits brands in the world, marketing varieties of whisky, brandy, and rum. 1 spirit, a brandy, in 1963-64. 1 whisky variant’s sales volumes came from outside India in 2014. 1 whisky sold in 2014 – approximately 650,000 cases. McDowell’s No.1

Brandy 98

Brandy Rum Liquor Alcohol 98

VinePair

SEPTEMBER 18, 2024

And while it’s probably a stretch to call bourbon “America’s native spirit” — that title could equally go to apple brandy or rye whiskey — it’s certainly a distinctly American product anyone in the U.S.A. Kentucky Copper & Kings Bourbon Finished in American Apple Brandy Barrels Come to Kentucky for the bourbon, stay for the brandy.

Brandy 134

Brandy Whiskey Bottling Liquor 134

VinePair

APRIL 17, 2024

Keep in mind, in 2014 you didn’t have to sign a blood oath with your Southern rep and stash 14 cases of Fireball in a basement to get a Pappy allocation. Orlando filled the little space he had to the gills with spirits and liqueurs that showcase terroir; mezcal , r(h)um, brandy, and an extensive shelf dedicated to eaux de vie.

Simple Syrup 111

Simple Syrup Bartender Bartending Bar 111

The Whiskey Wash

MARCH 28, 2024

Founded in 2014 by the Wine Country Network, the American Bourbon and Whiskey Competition is an annual double-blind tasting competition for bourbons and whiskeys from across North America. The real star of the show, however, is the finishing period in Armagnac Brandy barrels. Weller had begun a wholesale liquor business.

Whiskey 116

Whiskey Bottling Brandy Liquor 116

VinePair

MARCH 14, 2024

The last release of their 25 Rye was 2014, so maybe this will be our lucky year?” I found notes of dark chocolate covered raisins, an aromatic smoke reminiscent of patchouli and a hint of apple brandy sweetness. Bottled at 117.3

Whiskey 135

Whiskey Rum Bottling Brandy 135