The Oregon Liquor Control Commission‘s second public drawing for rare and limited-edition liquors concluded with 7,663 entries for the opportunity to purchase a bottle of Pappy Van Winkle and the Buffalo Trace Distillery Antique Collection. Entrants were allowed a single entry for each of the 11 products, with no one winning more than one. Bendite Mathew […]
Pappy Van Winkle
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Oregon Whiskey Hunting
Rare bottles become more attainable to Oregonians than ever before
Mostly wood flavors with hints of caramel, ripe apples, cherries, tobacco and chocolate to start and a long-lasting finish of sweet caramel. That may be as close as you ever get to tasting a 23-year-old Pappy Van Winkle‘s Family Reserve Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey. Production is very low for the beloved spirit; Oregon received three […]
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First Ladies of Liquor
Women, whiskey hunters and how to get out of your liquor rut
There was a time when all the liquor stores in Bend were owned by men. That was a year and a half ago. It changed when Allison Cogen purchased the Bend South Liquor Store from Robin Holmberg. Cogen had known Holmberg for years because she co-owned a store next to his, Postal Connections. She met […]