New Bourbon Book by Chuck Cowdery

Those at the bourbon tasting some while back and even those that were not, may be interested to know that Chuck Cowdery, who was at the tasting wrote a new book on bourbon.

http://cowdery.home.netcom.com/bourst.html


Chuck and I went to law school together. I haven't read the book. I am not here to promote it, but I though some of the folks at the bourbon tasting may be interested.

pd

I now have read Chuck's book Bourbon Straight and can recommend the same. The book is fairly light on the technical details, which I find a plus and not of much use unless you plan to distill bourbon yourself. The book does provide a very detailed background of the families and individuals responsible for the consolidation and now brand-expansion of bourbon.

I also win a bottle of Virginia Gentlemen for winning the oldest bourbon bar bet....read the book and find out how you can do the same.

pd

Yecchhh.

I'd have to LOSE a bar bet to drink a bottle of Virginia Gentleman. Is it considered a good bourbon? To me it was the cheapest rot gut we could buy in high school.

Ah, Bowmans distillery - our hometown pride. How I remember your fine range of cheap, distilled products.

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Thanks, Pete.

Anyone interested in knowing more about the book need only click on my name or on the www button below.

As for Virginia Gentleman, they've changed a lot in recent years. When they moved, they didn't build a whole distillery but instead bought one small still. They buy Kentucky whiskey, redistill it once, then barrel and age it there. Not long ago their Kentucky whiskey supplier, Buffalo Trace Distillery, bought them.

They do have a "small batch" version now that's pretty good.