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Schenley Industries, the 20th Century Bourbon Empire
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Bourbon in the mid- 20th century was a creature of post-Prohibition and the conglomerates that dominated American commerce.
At one point, Schenley Industries was headquartered in the Empire State Building... today it is no more.
(The Empire State Building in New York City. Schenley occupied over four floors of the new building in 1937. Photo credit: Creative Commons Wikipedia, Sam Valadi.)
Gifts for Bourbon Lovers Part 3
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We found something pretty cool, part of our series on gifts for bourbon lovers. This is Part 3 of the series. Do you love whiskey, the military, bearing arms -- all three? Do you know someone who does? This will have everyone talking. The Original BenShot Bullet Rocks Glass with Real 0.308 Bullet | Made in the USA.
(The Benshot whiskey shot glasses, designed by a father and son team in Wisconsin, is embedded with .308 copper bullet. A perfect gift.)
Colonel Bourbon's Best Whiskey T-Shirts Part 2 Nautical
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In this series, our designers discuss and recommend their best whiskey t-shirts at Colonel Bourbon
We interviewed our artist Jack G.
CB: Bourbon, and whiskey in general, is not know as a drink served on the seas. One thinks of rum.
SANDY G: "Yo Ho Ho and a Bottle of Rum." We aim to change that legend a little bit. I've always loved to ocean. I get on the sea as often as I can.
Colonel Bourbon's Best Whiskey T-Shirts Part 1
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In this series, our artists discuss and recommend their best whiskey t-shirts at Colonel Bourbon. First up: Michael. CB: Your favorite tee is? MICHAEL: Gotta go with the Bourbon Whisperer tee. It was basically the first of our story-driven t-shirts that declared bourbon was no longer your grandfather's Oldsmobile.
(Photo: The Bourbon Whisperer T-Shirt started it all, as the first tee at Colonel Bourbon.)
Why Colonel Bourbon T-Shirts are the Best Whiskey Tees
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Why are Colonel Bourbon T-shirts the best whiskey tees? Two main answers:
1) We love bourbon whiskey -- the taste, history, myth, and legend. Much of the completion does not.
2) We love a good quality t-shirt/tee. Most of our competition does not.
Which are both another way of saying we don't have competition: there's nothing quite like Colonel B's.
(Pictured: One of Colonel Bourbon's popular tees, The Bourbon Whisperer. Photographed wiyh the now vintage bottle of Maker's Mark 46.)