10,000 Birds

JANUARY 11, 2019

Gaines and Company continued distilling bourbon according to his recipe. Grant, Mark Twain, and Hunter S. Old Crow’s parent company was sold to Jim Beam in 1987 and the new owners abandoned the Old Crow distillery and whichever version of the “original” recipe was being followed at the time.

Mississippi 116

Mississippi Kentucky New York Tennessee 116

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 2, 2012

Gooddie gets the book off to a quick start by describing his love affair with pittas (“the ultimate forest prize”), and detailing his decision to give up a good career as sales director of an audio manufacturing company (“my life was out of whack”). Each chapter of The Jewel Hunter reads like a mini-travel novel. And mosquitos.

Hunters 194

Hunters Sri Lanka Asia Solomon Islands 194

10,000 Birds

JANUARY 24, 2020

An excellent whisky selection for any Burns Supper is the The Famous Grouse, which is not only the best-selling brand of whisky in Scotland but also features the best-known bird in the world of whisky. As a brand name, “The Famous Grouse” makes for a rather boastful claim – particularly with that obligatory definite article.

Sheep 200

Sheep Branding Ireland Fowl 200