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A bottle of Kentucky Owl's St. Patrick's Edition sitting in front of a Homebar.io light up sign with shelves filled with bottles.

St. Patrick’s Edition Bourbon

March 17, 2022 Kevin

The Story Happy St. Patrick’s Day everyone! We were lucky enough to grab a bottle of Kentucky Owl’s St. Patrick’s Edition Kentucky Straight Bourbon, a special release for – you guessed it – St. Patrick’s Day. So what do we... View Article

A bottle of Distillery 291 HR Colorado Bourbon Whiskey. It's sitting on a table in front of shelves filled with bourbon bottles.

291 HR Colorado Bourbon

March 16, 2022 Justin Jeffe

The Story Distillery 291 has been producing its Colorado Whiskey since 2011 and says its whiskey is “Handmade the Colorado Way”.  291 is involved in every bit of the whiskey making process and uses innovative techniques to help mature their... View Article

A bottle of Elmer T. Lee Bourbon without a background.

Elmer T. Lee

March 14, 2022 Kevin

The Story Any seasoned bourbon enthusiast is likely to have at least heard of Elmer T. Lee. It’s one of those rather popular, allocated bottles that is seldom seen on sitting on store shelves. Just five or so years ago... View Article

A bottle of Barrell Bourbon New Year 2022 lying on a table with a garland of silver sparkles surrounding it.

Barrell Bourbon New Year 2022

March 9, 2022 Kevin

The Story Our first encounter with Barrell Bourbon was back in 2020. One of our usual liquor store haunts had just received a single barrel pick of their straight bourbon whiskey, which they prominently displayed atop a barrel near the... View Article

A close up of the label on a bottle of Stellum Bourbon.

Stellum Bourbon

March 8, 2022 Kevin

The Story When Stellum came on the scene, I remember there was a lot of interest from whiskey enthusiasts. To be honest, I didn’t pay much mind to it as so many bottles come out and oftentimes the excitement is... View Article

Fox & Oden Bourbon Whiskey Bottle lying in the snow.

Fox & Oden – Batch 1

March 3, 2022 Kevin

The Story When we first heard about Jos. A. Magnus & Co. relocating to our home state of Michigan, I got a little giddy. For starters, there aren’t a whole lot of distilleries in our state – comparatively speaking –... View Article

Bright Lights, Big Bourbon

January 31, 2022 Kevin

The story Here at Homebar, we’ve known about Hudson for a while. Our introduction was via the ‘Hudson Baby Bourbon’ expression. It could be seen sitting a bit higher on the shelves with some of the other craft bottles. While... View Article

Old Milford Single Barrel Select

January 31, 2022 Kevin

The Story “They’ve got something called ‘J.W. Kelly’ – it’s a single barrel. Ya interested?” I wasn’t sure how to answer this question when I saw the text message pop up on my phone. It was our co-founder, Justin. He... View Article

Booker's bourbon bottle on a wood table next to a Glencairn glass.

Booker’s Country Ham 2019-03

August 25, 2021 Kevin

The story Ah, Booker’s. Unfiltered, barrel proof and sourced from the center of the warehouse. It’s gotta be a winner, right? Well before we diver further into the specs, let’s talk a little bit about what Booker’s is and what... View Article