Colonel Bourbon Blog

Whiskey has been part of American culture and commerce from the beginning. Americans did not just drink the spirit; it was used as money, to barter; it was used as medicine. Suffice to say, it was more importance to the young nation than mom's apple pie. What was the whiskey rebellion? It was a violent protest against the national tax imposed on whiskey in 1791, during George Washington's presidency. 

What is bourbon? If you need a good answer to that question and some good trivia you can wow your friends with, you've come to the right place. You may have heard this saying:

All bourbon is whiskey, but not all whiskey is bourbon.

We'll add another point to get you started: To be called bourbon, it has to be made in the United States. 

Review of Columbo TV Episode "The Conspirators: With Irish songs, limericks, and heavy brogue, the episode is full of the Irish cliques. We've seen reviews which refer to the episode as drenched in whiskey and in the drinking thereof, but it's mild by what we've seen over the years. But the whiskey bottle solve the crime!

The Way You Wear Your Hat by Bill Zehme, published in 1997, is about how Frank Sinatra lived his life, his daily routines, off and on the stage. His habits, rules, advice. As the front cover says, it's the "Lost art of living." In this article we focus on drinks; of his fondness for JD, and his other preferences.

In the movie Lost in Translation, Bill Murray plays Bob Harris, a Hollywood star past his prime who travels to Tokyo for a lucrative offer to appear in a Japanese whisky commercial. The 2003 movie, by Sophia Coppola, co-stars Scarlett Johansson. Here's some of what was said, translated into English.