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The Sunday Pour: The Long Rickhouse Aisle

Posted on March 22, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

Walking through a rickhouse feels like walking through time itself — rows of barrels holding different years, different histories, and different stages of becoming. In a place where nothing can be rushed, the slow work of aging becomes a reminder that some things only deepen because they stay in the season long enough. Continue reading →

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The Sunday Pour: The Rickhouse Window

Posted on March 8, 2026 by Douglas Blaine

A rickhouse is a quiet place where whiskey ages slowly in the dark. But when a beam of sunlight slips through a dusty window, the barrels suddenly reveal details you might not notice otherwise. Sometimes life works the same way—nothing changes except the light. Continue reading →

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Sunday Pour: Same Spirit, Different Levels, One God

Posted on November 2, 2025 by Douglas Blaine

Bourbon barrels all start the same, but where they’re placed in the rickhouse determines what they become. My life has felt the same way — different levels, different seasons, different heat — all of it shaping who I am. And I wouldn’t trade the flavor of the life God has aged in me. Continue reading →

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The Kentucky Pilgrimage: Kicking Off the Trail with Friends and Forester

Posted on July 29, 2025 by Douglas Blaine

The anticipation for this trip has been building for months, but for my best friend Scott, it’s been pure, kid-on-Christmas-Eve excitement. Tonight, after my flight lands in Nashville, he’ll scoop me up, and we’ll point the car north to Kentucky. … Continue reading →

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