To Celebrate, These Boys Want To Fry You Some Chicken Next month Garrison Brothers Distillery will achieve a major milestone; we will fill our 10,000th bourbon barrel with the most delicious, delightful, sinfully good brown liquor ever made. For us that’s a pretty big deal. So, we’re going to put on a little hootenanny. The […]
Whiskey Social and Fundraiser
Whiskey Social and Fundraiser with Dr. Dawn Buckingham, candidate for Texas State Senate, District 24. The Barrel Barn at GARRISON BROTHERS DISTILLERY in Hye, Texas Thursday evening, November 3 from 6 to 7 p.m. Admission is free but a donation to Dr. Dawn Buckingham’s campaign is most welcome. POL. ADV. PAID FOR BY DR. […]
Texas Bourbon News, Fall 2016
Welcome back to my occasional “state of the business report” about Garrison Brothers Distillery and my scathing indictment of whatever is currently pissing me off in liquor-land. I was once good about publishing this with some frequency but have spent too much time traveling in recent months. I would like to thank actor Matthew McConaughey […]
Building a Bourbon Boat
We’re not bullshitting you. We’re going to build a boat. Right here in Hye, Texas. And we need your help to do it. We need your used Garrison Brothers bourbon bottle corks. We are putting our money where our mouth is too. We will pay a bounty of $5 for every Garrison Brothers […]
Happy Father’s Day
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Unfiltered: Straight Bourbon and Peanut Butter
If you are a veteran bourbon drinker, you have probably seen the term “unfiltered” or “non-chill filtered” on a whiskey bottle. But what does that really mean? When you buy a jar of organic, all natural, unfiltered peanut butter at the store, you fully expect a little oil to appear on the top of the peanut […]
Road Trip
This weekend, Friday, February 5 and Saturday, February 6, Garrison Brothers Distillery is taking over the legendary Gage Hotel in Marathon, Texas for our first annual Bourbon Excursion. That’s right, we have pretty much blocked off every room in the hotel for the ultimate bourbon-fueled weekend. All the rooms at the hotel are already sold […]
Spring 2015 Newsletter
Badges? We Don’t Need No Stinking Badges. According to Chapter 6 of the ominous Federal Code of Regulations regarding alcohol, there are “prescribed standards of fill” to which all distilleries must adhere. The only approved bottle sizes for distilled spirits bottled in the United States are: 1.75 Liters, 1 Liter, 750 ml, 375 ml, 200 […]
It’s Texas On The Rocks Y’all!
This Valentine’s Day, you are in for a treat. Garrison Brothers Distillery and our fellow Texas craft distillers are throwing a party in Austin that you will NOT want to miss. It’s called Texas On The Rocks and it will be held at the Austin Music Hall from 6 to midnight. The evening starts at […]
Texas Bourbon News, Fall 2014
The Fall 2014 Vintage of Garrison Brothers Texas Straight Bourbon Whiskey, which is hitting liquor stores right now, is the oldest and finest tasting bourbon we have ever made. We are very proud of this bourbon and can’t wait to share some with you. But first, I feel the need to rant! Older Women, Faster […]
