The holiday season is a time to celebrate. And, when we say celebrate, we mean celebrate. Gather your friends and family. Revel in our blessings. Drink and be merry. Very, very merry. A worthy host should offer a topnotch libation. A proper guest should arrive bearing gifts. Whichever you are, let us suggest Blanton’s Bourbon. It ranks as our buddy Ben’s favorite bourbon. And, if you don’t trust him, we promise: Blanton’s was a true hit at our Thanksgiving. Your people—whoever and wherever they are—will love it too. Moreover, they’ll revere you for supplying it. For more on Blanton’s, click here.

We’re not into selfies. It’s not our thing. We don’t get SnapChat. But, we do like to trade a certain genre of texts with our buddies. We call them “bourbon pics.” You know. “Check out what I uncorked!” “A great pour!” “It tastes like butterscotch!” “I can’t feel my feet!” All exclamation points all the time. Recently, our good friend Ben sent us a shot of the most gorgeous bottle. It had a lovely globe shape. Handwriting on its slender, beige label noted the whisky’s dump date, its barrel number and even the alcohol proof. And, the cork. Mounted atop the cork was a jockey on horseback. “Nice, but can she dance?” we questioned. “My favorite bourbon. Hands down,” he responded Ben knows whisky. Ask his wallet: he really knows good bourbon. So, when he recommended Blanton’s, we had to...