The Bourbon Drinker’s Companion

A Guide to American Distilleries, with Travel Advice, Folklore, and Tasting Notes

By: Colin Spoelman

Narrated by: Chris Abernathy

This insider's guide to American distilleries offers colorful lore, regional history, and tasting notes for bourbon, whiskey, and rye.

The Bourbon Drinker's Companion is a narrative journey into the heart of American craft distilleries, taking listeners from the well-known Jim Beam Booker Noe plant to craft whiskey brewers on the West Coast to the emerging new traditional distillers of the South, in search of America's best whiskey.

Bestselling author Colin Spoelman is back to celebrate all things whiskey as he explores the effect branding, taste, region, and distilling processes have on America's beloved and most notorious drink. Head down to Louisville to visit Angel's Envy Distillery, go east to Jeptha Creed Distillery in Shelbyville, Kentucky, and then be sure to hit one of America's oldest distilleries, Buffalo Trace, in nearby Frankfurt, as you follow the road of spirits.

Complete with sidebars highlighting key whiskies, bourbons, and ryes from each distillery, as well as tasting notes, pricing information, distilling methods, and more, The Bourbon Drinker's Companion is the perfect plus one to bring along.

©2024 Colin Spoelman (P)2024 Tantor

Very Comprehensive

This companion is very comprehensive. It relays the histories of the many distilleries and various sourcing brands and takes an honest look at some truths, half-truths and flat out lies carried on in some of those histories. It is expansive to distilleries by regions beyond those we all know around the bourbon trail and provides tasting notes and honorable mentions. Would suggest to any level of bourbon/whisky enthusiast.