The Bourbon Lifestyle
Cocktails
The Classic Old Fashioned
Ingredients
- 2 oz. Old Wm. Tarr Manchester Reserve (or your favorite Kentucky whiskey)
- 1 sugar cube (or .5 tsp. sugar)
- 2-3 dashes bitters
Stir in a mixing glass with ice, and strain into a cocktail glass.
Garnish with a citrus peel or cherry.
Fun Fact: Initially concocted in 1880 in a private social club in Kentucky called the Pendennis, young James E. Pepper – later a famed distiller and neighbor to our own vintage distillery – took the drink with him to the Waldorf-Astoria hotel bar in New York, where its popularity began to grow and was soon a big city staple.
Stories
Repeal Day
Celebrate Your Constitutional Right to Drink with Wm. Tarr Distillery
Insiders relish the day Americans regained their freedom to consume alcohol
On January 16, 1919, the 18th Amendment to the United States Constitution passed, making all production and consumption of alcohol illegal. So began Prohibition, widely known as one of the darkest periods in American history. Crime, drunkenness, and distrust for the government ran rampant in the U.S., and some people saw no way out.
Videos
Wm. Tarr Distillery has been reborn in Lexington’s historic Distillery District by co-founders Jill Bakehorn and Barry Brinegar, who are excited to bring back this quality bourbon that signifies Kentucky’s inheritance.
In 1882, 35 workers were employed to produce about 45 barrels of whiskey daily. 18,000 barrels were kept in bonded storage and Tarr was advertised as 'Always True.'
Podcasts
The Bourbon Show
Steve & Jeremy interview Barry Brinegar of Wm. Tarr Distillery in Lexington. The Bourbon Show music (Whiskey on the Mississippi) is by Kevin MacLeod
Sips, Sud & Smokes
This episode includes a review of William Tarr Manchester Reserve and William Tarr Inheritance.