Bourbon at The Bird
Bar Manager Ryan Fussell and executive chef David McMillan have put together an extraordinary evening at Bird Café in Fort Worth on Monday, September 15 at 6:30. (Update, this dinner will be rescheduled, see note above.) Ryan, it seems, is a bit of a hoarder and has somehow amassed one of the greatest collections of […]
Texas Bourbon News, Spring 2014
This winter has been brutally cold. As I write this, it is 30 degrees and raining. We’ve been bottling bourbon out here in Hye and freezing our corks off. Thank God for the gorgeous glass of warm, amber liquid beside me. That’s straight bourbon and it’s good. Never mind that it’s 6 am. And quit […]
Cowboy Bourbon from Garrison Brothers: American Micro Whiskey of the Year
Author’s Note: This blog is dedicated to all the “professional investors” who, in the early 2000s, told me I’d never be able to make my own bourbon in Texas and should just buy it from a large producer like everyone else does. You sons-of-bitches will never know the pride I feel right now. Yesterday, the […]
Garrison Brothers™ Introduces Texas’ First Single Barrel Straight Bourbon Whiskey
Exclusively Available at Garrison Brothers Distillery in Hye, Texas November 1, Hye, Texas – The bourbon whiskey makers at Garrison Brothers Distillery are pleased to announce the introduction of Garrison Brothers Single Barrel, the first single barrel straight bourbon whiskey ever made in Texas. Initially, these rare bottles will not be available at liquor stores; […]
Texas Bourbon News, Fall 2013
The Texans are causing trouble again. A liquor store manager at one of the mega-chains recently asked me to stop sending our “salespeople” into his stores. He said they’re asking for Garrison Brothers so often that they just can’t keep it in stock. I replied, “We don’t have any salespeople. Those are called customers. Could […]