BOURBON BLOG

December 24, 2017

Finally, the temperature has dropped. It’s chilly and dry. Trees are trimmed. Santa and Rudolph are on their way. This old-timer has got a little swagger in his step and a Boot Flask in his boot.  In Hye, Texas, its time to harvest bourbon barrels.  The ambrosia in these barrels is destined to become our […]

October 1, 2017

Welcome back to my untimely, controversial and partially clad “state of the business report” about Garrison Brothers Distillery. I hope you’ll appreciate the sarcasm in the title of this newsletter. Being “the best” is an odd thing. If you make cheeseburgers, it’s pretty important that somewhere in your establishment there is a sign that says […]

September 2, 2017

Garrison Brothers Distillery Announces Operation Hurricane Tough In Partnership with Team Rubicon, A Bourbon Fundraiser For Victims of Hurricane Harvey Hye, Texas (September 1, 2017) – Garrison Brothers Distillery announced today a unique way to give to the Hurricane Harvey rescue and relief efforts along the Texas Gulf Coast. On the day Harvey slammed into […]

May 18, 2017

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 […]

November 7, 2016

Article Published on: Austin360.com Author: Arianna Auber Date: November 4, 2016 spirits.   Made in the Hill Country, Garrison Brothers’ Cowboy Bourbon — a hard-to-find whiskey that sent Garrison fans into a frenzy last year over its release — might be more than just hype. For a second year, a revered whiskey critic has given it the U.S. […]

October 19, 2016

  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. […]

September 26, 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 […]

June 29, 2016

    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 […]

February 11, 2016

  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 […]

February 2, 2016

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 […]

March 28, 2015

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 […]

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