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Hey folks, check out the recent 60 Minutes episode on barrel making. Pretty interesting. As Doug and I have said, any tour of the bourbon trail should start with a tour of the Independent Stave Company in Lebanon, KY. They offer tours M-F. Well worth it.  

As mentioned in an earlier post, at our last meeting, Jeff, the owner of The Brothers Beer and Bourbon in Sunset Hills (https://3bhouse.com/visit-sunset-hills/) provided the group a sample his latest single barrel, The Presidential Dram, which is a 10yrs, single barrel, barrel strength at 128.1 proof. 99% corn, 1% malted barley bourbon from Proof and … Continue reading »

Mark here again. I moved in with my girlfriend, and part of the process was moving about 400 bottles of whiskey, which was no small feat. Prior to me moving in, the room was my girlfriend first floor office. Before setting up my new whiskey room, we had new floors put into the entire first … Continue reading »

Hey folks, Mark here, it’s been a while since our last posting, and that is going to stop. Since I am retired now, more time will be spent on keeping this site updated and posting other interesting whisk(e)y information. I may plan on spending time with Instagram and other social media. We shall see… We … Continue reading »

Each year in July the River City Whisky Society holds its High Dollar Night. This is the only members only gathering we have throughout the year and we buy five or six expensive bottles for the tasting. This years six expressions have a total MSRP of $3,195. We did manage to find good deals on … Continue reading »

What does it take to be #1? We wanted to know.

To celebrate St. Patricks Day, our March tastings generally have an Irish theme.

Actually, we never left. We (I) just quit posting our meetings/tastings/events. Why? In a word…lazy.

Uncut, Unfiltered! Whisky under these conditions are amazing.

Happy Summer all! For the River City Whisky Society summer means High Dollar Night!