Old Fitzgerald Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Today’s post is a salute to distiller Stitzel-Weller and the brand Old Fitzgerald. These bottles, all unopened, range from the prohibition era up to the…
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Old Rip Van Winkle – Pappy would be proud…
Here is one of my favorite bottles in my collection. I’ve seen two others out there that are sealed and unopened and one is a…
101 Rare Whiskey Flasks
It has been too long since my last post, what with life and all. I have so many delicious whiskey posts planned but with so…
Up through the ground came a bubblin crude (whiskey, that is, Black Gold)
<movie_trailer_voice> Imagine a world where Coca-Cola is bottled in Pepsi containers. Imagine a world where Pepsi is put inside RC Cola cans. Imagine a world where…
Four Roses Straight Whiskey Mystery
As a relative newbie to the American whiskey scene, I am truly fascinated by the heritage of the brands, distilleries and those old pre-prohibition whiskey…
You can thank Prohibition for this Marvelous Whiskey
Being a marketing guy by trade, I really admire these old advertisements from National Distillers (circa July 1934). Create sense of urgency. Check. Weave a…