Jameson Black Barrel: A New Face on a Familiar Friend

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I met Leon on Inauguration Day in 2009 in a warm, greasy dive bar in southeast Washington, DC.  He was sitting alone and leaning over a Pabst’s Blue Ribbon can when a friend of mine made the mistake of disturbing him.  Following a brief, heated “discussion” between the two of them regarding war experience, race… read more »

A. Smith Bowman Distillery

Photo Courtesy of A. Smith Bowman Distillery

I met Truman Cox an hour ago, and he’s already breaking one of his own laws: “When you drink bourbon with a friend, the bourbon should never be older than the friendship.” I ask him if this means that moonshine should be a staple of first dates. Sitting in his Fredericksburg, Virginia office, I am… read more »