I wrote a story for Insider Louisville on the new Whiskey Row Series Old Forester is releasing in a few weeks. To announce its release, they invited a few media folk to the Brown-Forman Distillery where we got to taste the new 1870 Original Batch and make our own bourbon from three samples — basically to prove how hard it is to get consistency in batching.

I named my bourbon The Bunghole Brigade, but don’t expect it on store shelves anytime soon. I’m pretty sure it was poured out or given to the angels as soon as I left.