Heroes of the Bluff
Sunday March 30, 2025: The Fourth Annual Heroes on The Bluff – Where Low Country Meets High Caliber.
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Weller Millennium
As the third oldest operating distillery in the world, with roots dating back to 1773, Buffalo Trace Distillery (as it’s known today) has been honing its craft since Kentucky was a wild, untamed frontier and the United States was just an idea. In the centuries that followed, the Distillery changed hands numerous times, but one thing always remained constant; it was a homeplace for the creation of authentic American whiskey. At the turn of the millennium, the Distillery was amid a period of transformation once again and looked to its forebearers for inspiration. As a trailblazer in the industry, the…
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Nine Outstanding Cigars You Should Be Smoking Now
From sitting down with four-time NBA champ Steph Curry to the Top 25 Cigars of 2023, you could say that the Jan/Feb 2024 edition of Cigar Aficionado had a considerable amount of star power and kicked off the new year in a big way. That issue also included our trademark tasting section that was equally laden with all-stars. Fifty-one of the 72 cigars we rated scored 90 points or higher, and we whittled down that list to just the absolute best of the best with nine cigars that rated 93 points or higher. Every cigar rated by Cigar Aficionado is…
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Thank you to Buzzard’s Roost!
I’d like to extend a warm thank you to Jason Brauner of Buzzard’s Roost for throwing a pop-up bourbon party for PBCC on Thursday April 4th! Some additional information about Jason and Buzzard’s Roost: Jason Brauner is the co-founder and master blender at Buzzard’s Roost. Jason began his whiskey career in 2005, when he opened Bourbons Bistro in Louisville as a place where people could come to learn about and taste whiskies from all over the world – including the best Kentucky bourbons. Jason pioneered the idea of exclusive barrel selections for restaurants and has personally taken part in more…
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Ander’s Erickson’s Old Fashioned
Everyone knows the Old Fashioned! As a reminder, here’s how it is made. Check out Anders Erickson’s Old Fashioned video to learn more. INGREDIENTS *RICH DEMERARA SYRUP RECIPE In a small sauce pan, combine 2 parts Demerara sugar and 1 part water. Stir over heat until sugar is completely dissolved. Remove from heat and let cool. THE TOOLS
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Exploring Bourbon Land with Chef Edward Lee
The author and restaurateur on his new bourbon-centered cookbook, Kentucky’s whiskey landscape, and why labels aren’t everything. Chef Edward Lee’s two previous cookbooks, Smoke and Pickles and the James Beard Award–winning Buttermilk Graffiti, explored the melding of cultures and influences that permeate Southern cuisine. In his latest, Lee takes a deep dive into a subject that’s also baked into the fabric of the South, and especially the culture of his adopted home state of Kentucky—bourbon. In Bourbon Land, Lee covers the spirit’s history and essential components, and learns from the craftspeople who take it from grain to glass. He also…
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Michter’s releases new batch of 10YO Bourbon
After withholding its popular 10-year-old expression in 2022 due to low supply, Michter’s Distillery in Kentucky has now released it two years in a row. The 2024 batch of Michter’s popular 10-year-old single barrel Bourbon will hit shelves this April, bottled at 47.2% ABV and priced at US$185. “This is a wonderful single-barrel whiskey. It’s brimming with all the characteristics I look for in a special Bourbon,” said master distiller Dan McKee. [read more]
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Creating your own cigar room
The idea of creating your own cigar room can seem like a daunting task. Readers of this magazine have shown their willingness to go the extra mile, from fully renovated basements to standalone structures built strictly for cigar-smoking. While we certainly admire such grand creations, great cigar rooms come in many different sizes and make-ups. There is only one critical requirement: that the space serve as a place of refuge for the cigar smoker. For 40-year-old Adam Beaudry of Middletown, Delaware, all it took was a humidor gifted to him by his wife. Before he knew it, he had a…
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2023 Cigar of the year: Fuente Fuente OpusX Reserva d’Chateau
Fuente Fuente OpusX Reserva d’Chateau “You’re not a cigarmaker. You just assemble tobaccos,” quipped a Parisian retailer in the 1980s. He was talking to Carlos “Carlito” Fuente Jr., now owner and patriarch of Arturo Fuente Cigar Co. Back then, the company was owned by his father and the Fuentes were producing cigars with tobacco from different origins. The snide remark stuck with the younger Fuente, and he knew the problem was wrapper. Dominican wrapper was nearly nonexistent, and this became the young Fuente’s obsession. If that derisive comment was the prologue to the OpusX story, chapter one began in the…
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Oyster Roast – November 8th!
Please join us for our first annual PBCC oyster roast which will be held in Moreland Landing on Wednesday November 8th from 5:00 – 8:00 PM. We will have oysters and BBQ available – and, of course, our usual stash of fine bourbon. Darrell will be joining us to make cocktails (it’s an ongoing argument about whether his old fashioned or Sazerac is better)! Dustin, from Clear Cut Cubes, will also be joining us to cut perfectly clear cubes with his ice saber. Hope you can join us for an evening of friendship, oysters and bourbon!
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