1792 Sweet Wheat Full Proof In a Rickhouse
Bourbon and Whiskey News

Barton 1792 Distillery Releases 1792 Wheated Full Proof, a 125-Proof Take on Sweet Wheat

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Barton 1792 Distillery has introduced 1792 Wheated Full Proof Bourbon, a new 125-proof expression that bottles its wheated bourbon at the same proof it entered the barrel. The release builds on 1792 Sweet Wheat, first introduced in 2015, which uses wheat in place of rye. Bringing that recipe to full proof is meant to deepen

Still Austin The Musician Exterior
Thursday Thoughts

Thursday Thoughts – Inside the Still Austin Quarter: Chris Seals on Recreating Austin’s Legendary Steamboat

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Thursday Thoughts – Inside the Still Austin Quarter: Chris Seals on Recreating Austin’s Legendary Steamboat Read Post »

Still Austin Whiskey Co. co-founder and CEO Chris Seals gave Bourbon Lens a room-by-room tour of The Still Austin Quarter, the distillery’s new live music venue in South Austin, on this week’s Thursday Thoughts. The Quarter’s public grand opening is Thursday, Nov. 5, with Shakey Graves headlining. Why Still Austin is expanding “Our biggest problem

Heaven Hill Phoenix on a barrel
Bourbon and Whiskey News

Heaven Hill Phoenix Marks 30 Years Since the 1996 Fire With an 18-Year Bourbon Holding Pre-Fire Whiskey

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Heaven Hill Phoenix Marks 30 Years Since the 1996 Fire With an 18-Year Bourbon Holding Pre-Fire Whiskey Read Post »

Heaven Hill Distillery has introduced Heaven Hill Phoenix. It’s a limited, one-time 18-year-old Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, and the blend includes 30-year-old whiskey distilled before the 1996 fire at Old Heaven Hill Springs Distillery. On Nov. 7, 1996, lightning is believed to have started a fire at Heaven Hill’s original Bardstown distillery. Wind-driven flames destroyed

Chris Seals co-founder of Still Austin on stage
Bourbon and Whiskey News, Bourbon Lens Podcast

406: Still Austin Brings Kentucky-Style Bourbon to Texas, and It Doesn’t Taste Like “Texas Whiskey”

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406: Still Austin Brings Kentucky-Style Bourbon to Texas, and It Doesn’t Taste Like “Texas Whiskey” Read Post »

LOUISVILLE, Ky. Bourbon Lens, the weekly bourbon and whiskey podcast, today released a new episode with Chris Seals of Still Austin, the Austin, Texas distillery known for grain-to-glass bourbon and rye. The conversation covers the distillery’s origin story, its use of the élevage maturation method, and a major expansion in Austin’s Saint Elmo Arts District.

Still Austin Drum set
Bourbon and Whiskey News

The Still Austin Quarter Opens in South Austin, With Shakey Graves Headlining the Nov. 5 Grand Opening

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Still Austin Whiskey Co has opened The Still Austin Quarter, a 15,000-square-foot live music, cocktail and food venue at 4211 Willow Springs Road in South Austin. The space is built around “The Musician,” the figure on Still Austin’s flagship bourbon label, and is split into four rooms: the Atrium, the Vinyl Lounge, the Music Room

2xo rappers delight with sugar hill gang
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2XO and The Sugarhill Gang Release “Rapper’s Delight” The Hip-Hop Blend

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2XO and The Sugarhill Gang Release “Rapper’s Delight” The Hip-Hop Blend Read Post »

2XO Whiskey and blender Dixon Dedman have teamed up with hip-hop group The Sugarhill Gang on “Rapper’s Delight” The Hip-Hop Blend (SRP $79.99/750mL). It is the seventh release in 2XO’s Collectibles Series (formerly the Icon Series). It was inspired by Dedman’s love of rap and the 1979 hit “Rapper’s Delight,” which is widely credited with

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