Blanton's #17 8" x 8" oil

As requested, here is a Blanton's Bourbon painting, 8in x 8in, painted on Centurion Linen painting panel.  The corks on the bottles are collectable.

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Pappy Van Winkle, 20 yr. 8in x 8in, Oil

Everyone here in Louisville Kentucky knows about Pappy, Pappy Van Winkle.   This one is from the Pappy Van Winkle Reserve, 20 year which comes with a red velvet bag.... woo, spiffy!   Just to be clear, it is the bourbon that comes with the bag, not this painting.    I was going to sell it in a gallery here in town but instead I am putting it up for sale on my DPW gallery site.

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"Knob Creek Glow" 6in x 6in Oil

Recently I have gone through my stash of paintings and realized that there are a number of them that I have not published for some unknown reason.   So I am putting them in my blog and also on my Daily PaintWorks site. (see the DPW gallery below)

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"Buffalo Trace" 6in x 6in oil

 I love the label on Buffalo Trace, it's made to look like torn paper.   The 200+ year old distillery, located on the banks of the Kentucky River, got its name from the ancient paths that the buffalo carved through the wilderness.  

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"Gran Patron Piedra Tequila" 8in x 8in oil

At first glance this looks like a bourbon but... much to my surprise... it is a Tequila!  I thought all tequilas were clear.    Obviously, I don't know much.  I was sent this bottle to do a painting for someone and I thought I would practice first.    When I saw those glass stripes on the sides of the bottle, I panicked.   Much to my relief they were fairly easy to do.  Whew!  The cork top is stainless around a lava rock.  It's heavy and pretty cool.

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Town Branch" 6x6 oil

I just love this bottle shape!!  The bourbon is not bad either.   After you have enjoyed the bourbon you could have the top cut off and have a beautiful square vase!

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"One finger of Maker's" 8" x 8" oil

Here is another one for me to take to the St James Art Fair.   This is especially popular here in Kentucky where all the Major bourbons are made.

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Woodford Reserve neat 6"x6" oil

If you get on Woodford Reserve's website you will read about how this bourbon is hand crafted in small batches and the five sources of flavor that gives it its distinct taste... and I think it taste pretty good too!

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A little bit of Maker's 6"x6" oil

This is a staple in most liquor cabinets including mine.   I live in Kentucky within 60 miles of the largest  bourbon distillers in the world so it is understandable that we take our bourbon seriously or at least with a cube of ice.

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Pappy Van Winkle 20 year 6"x6" oil

Thought I would do a few bourbon paintings so I would have them on hand at the Cherokee Art Fair this year.   I have started with one that I have on my shelf, Pappy Van Winkle 20 year.   

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Rowans Creek on ice 6"x6" oil

This is a commission.   Rowans Creek Small Batch Bourbon is 100 proof.   Click here for a review by the Drink Insider.

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Makers on ice 6"x6" oil

This is another commission.   And this is a typical thing to see around here at Derby which is this Saturday by the way.   Everyone is tightening up their plans.

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Eagle Rare 17 year 6"x6" oil

 This is one of three commission bourbon paintings, Eagle Rare 17 year.

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Bernheim small batch 6"x6" oil

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I like this painting because of the straight on angle of the bottle and the small shot glass on the one third line.

Bernheim is made at Heaven Hill Distilleries in Bardstown Kentucky is the only type of straight whiskey which uses predominately soft winter wheat and is produced in small batches and aged to perfection.  It is not really a bourbon since it is at least 51% wheat.   To qualify as bourbon, the law stipulates that it must be made in the USA, at least 51% and no more than 79% Indian corn and aged for at least two years.   It is a nice smooth tasting whiskey.

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Manhattan 6"x6" oil, still life

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Got this painting back from a local gallery.   I love the shape of a martini glass!  Thought I would offer it before I send it off to hang in another gallery.

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Woodford Reserve on the rocks 12"x12" oil

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Chris Morris is the seventh Master Distiller in Brown-Forman Corporation's 140 year histor and is responsible for maintaining the award winning tast of Wordford Reserve.  Read about his profile here.  Head Chef Quita Michel was nominated four years in a row for a James Beard Foundation Award in 2011 for Best Chef Southeast.

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Jack Daniel's Old No. 7 12"x12" oil

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  Jack Daniel was a real person and was a legend from birth to death and in between he created Jack Daniel's Tennessee Whiskey.  No one really knows exactly when Jack was born.  A town fire destroyed the courthouse records and conflicting dates on Mr. Jack's and his mother's headstones have left his date of birth in question.  It is customary to celebrate Mr. Jack's birthday in September - so he gets a whole month.   But for a man as unique as Jack, one day just wouldn't seem proper anyway.  

As the story goes, Mr Jack arrived at work early one morning and tried to open the safe in his office.   Thing is, he couldn't recall the combination.   In his frustration he gave that safe a good solid kick.  The blow broke his toe and infection set in, leading to the blood poisoning that would take his life in 1911.  Because he never married or had children, he deeded the Distillery to his hard-working nephew, Lem Motlow.   Some people say Jack not only left his tennessee whiskey behind, he left us all a valuable lesson as well:  Don't go to work early.

He is buried in the Lynchburg, KY, town cemetery and you can find his grave by looking for the two chairs next to his headstone.   It's said that the chairs were placed there to comfort the many local ladies who mourned his passing.

Many stories have been passed down about the significance of Old No. 7.  Some say that Jack had 7 girlfriends, or that the way he wrote his "J" looked like a 7.   Some say he chose the number 7 simply because it's lucky.  One story goes that the recipe for Jack Daniels was Mr. Jack's 7th recipe or 7th trial batch.  One story says that is was the railroad shipping number on a barrel, we'll never know for sure.

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Pappy Van Winkle 6"x8" oil

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Someone told me once that there is over 100 bourbons that are made today.   I simply cannot paint them all and there were quite a few on my short list that I did not even get to but I saved the best for last.

   Pappy Van Winkle 20 year has received a rating of 99 by the Wine Enthusiast Magazine.

The Old Rip Van Winkle Distillery has a four generation history.  The Van Winkle family's involvement in the bourbon industry began in the late 1800s with Julian P. "Pappy" Van Winkle, Sr.  He was a traveling salesman for the W.L.Weller and Sons wholesale house in Louisville, Ky traveling around the state by horse and buggy.  Pappy and a friend, Alex Farnsley, eventually bought the wholesale house and also purchased the A. Ph. Stitzel Distillery, which made bourbon for Weller.  The merged the two companies and became the Stizel-Weller Distillery.  Their prominent brands were W.L.Weller, Old Fitzgerald, Rebel Yell and Cabin Still.

In May of 1935 at the age of 61, Pappy opened the newly completed Stitzel-Weller Distillery in South Louisville.  He had a heavy influence on the operations there until his death at the age of 91.  His son, Julian, Jr. took over operations until he was forced by stockholders to sell the distillery in 1972.  The rights to all of their brands were either sold with the distillery or to other distilleries.

After selling the distillery, Julian Jr. resurrected a pre-prohibition label, the only one to which the Van Winkles kept the rights, called Old Rip Van Winkle.  He used whiskeys stocks from the old distillery to supply his brand.  Julian Junior's son, Julian III took over in 1981 when Julian Jr. passed away.  Julian III has continued with the Van Winkle tradition of producing the highest quality wheated bourbon available.  His son, Preston joined the company in 2001.

Recently, the Van Winkles entered into a joint venture with the Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Ky.   All of the Van Winkle's whiskey production now takes place at Buffalo Trace under the same strict guidelines the family has always followed in order to produce a superior quality product.

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Old Forester Mint Julep 6"x6" oil

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In the 1800's, bourbon whisky was sold in bulk to rectifiers, wholesalers, brokers and retailers.  Barrels were branded with a distillery or "brand"name.  Package stores/druggist bottled their own labels from bulk supplies.   Unscrupulous rectifiers, jobbers and retailers would often tamper with the quality and integrity of the whisky in the barrel.

In 1870, George Garvin Brown, a young pharmaceuticals salesman in Louisille, Kentucky, saw the need for a consistently high-quality whisky that met medicinal standards.   With $5,500 in saved and borrowed money, Brown and his half brother started J.T.S. Brown and Bros.   They sold Old Forester Bourbon Whisky exclusively in sealed glass bottles to assure its quality.   George Garvin Brown ensured the quality of his product with his handwritten guarantee on every bottle.   Unfortunately, the inspiration and origin of the Old Forrester brand name died with George Garvin Brown.   However, it is believed that George Garvin Brown's brand was named after one of Louisville's leading physicians, Dr. William Forrester (and presumably one of his best customers).  you will notice that the originally Old Forester was spelled with two r's.  When Dr Forrester retired, his endorsement would not longer have been valid. The name changed to reflect his change in status.

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Blanton's Single Barrel 6"x6" oil

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Blanton's is one of my favorite bourbons.  Colonel Albert B. Blanton first bottled his private reserve bourbon nearly a century ago.  He believed in the "center-cut' or middle sections of Warehouse H were the best for aging his bourbon.   Personally tasting and choosing each barrel, these barrels were reserved and bottled for ambassadors, dignitaries, family and friends becoming the world's first single barrel bourbon.

Blanton's bourbon has made TV appearances in: Outlaw, Entourage, True Blood, Bored to Death, Desperate Housewives, Justified, Big Bang Theory, Southland, NCIS, CSI.  Fox News acclaims Blanton's as one of the World's top 10 coolest liquor bottles.  The tiny horse and jockey on the bottle stoppers are now a recognized trademark of Blanton's.   They have produced a collectors edition set of eight different stoppers, featuring a horse and jockey in different strides and poses.   Each stopper is marked with a single letter that spells Blanton's when the set has been completed.

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