I met this little feller the other night - Bulleit Bourbon. For those of you who like your bourbon, here's a nice way to wet some ice cubes. As the story goes, tavern owner Augustus Bulleit started experimenting with different batches of bourbon in 1830's Louisville, Kentucky. He was looking for something unique in flavor and what he finally settled on certainly is. Then, while transporting barrels of the stuff from Kentucky to New Orleans, Augustus vanished, never to be seen again. No one knows what happened to the man, but luckily in 1987 his great-great grandson Tom Bulleit revived the family's bourbon heritage. Bulleit Bourbon is still distilled and aged in small batches, filtered through Kentucky limestone and stored in smokey oak caskets. It's less sweet than a lot of bourbons and has a sharper taste than, say, Maker's Mark because of it's higher percentage of rye, but it's got a nice honey bite up front and a pleasing golden/orange color. At around $32 a fifth consider it a competitor of Woodford Reserve and Basil Hayden. It's 90 proof so it can sneak up on you. After all, no one is 'Bulleit-proof'. Also, the bottle is damned cool. There's even a little message from Tom on the corked cap where he uses the word 'reckon'.Bulleit has only been back in the mix since about 2000, so not a lot of folks are aware of it yet. Be in-the-know and order it on the rocks next time you're about town. And if anyone should look at you funny, remind them that in 1964 Congress elected Bourbon as the official spirit of the United States of America. Someone salute.
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