A bottle of Sweetens Cove, a Tennessee straight bourbon whiskey blended by Marianne Eaves, Kentucky’s initially female master distiller. Picture by Roger Ho.
There is no scarcity of celebrity-backed alcoholic beverages manufacturers on the sector these days. However, Sweetens Cove Spirits Enterprise claims a best-shelf taste vouched for by co-homeowners and well-known sporting activities superstars Andy Roddick and Peyton Manning. The corporation is showcasing its bourbon in Houston on Monday, August 9 at iPic Theatre at 4444 Westheimer in River Oaks in conjunction with a film competition of basic golf motion pictures. The party rewards To start with Tee – Better Houston. Launched in 2004, the corporation allows make improvements to the lives of younger Houstonians by instructing qualities these types of as honesty, integrity and sportsmanship through the video game of golfing.
The videos iPic is screening for the movie festival are Caddyshack, Tin Cup and Delighted Gilmore. Tickets are only $15 and include access to the screening, branded Sweetens Cove swag and samples of Sweetens Cove Bourbon. Put on your ideal argyle sweater and knee higher socks, and you can participate in the costume contest. Happy hour commences at 6 p.m. with the movie screenings starting off at 6:20 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Pick out your beloved movie and screening time on the net.
Recently introduced and tricky-to-purchase, this Tennessee blended straight bourbon will get its title from the gorgeous nine-hole golf course in Sequatchie Valley that Roddick and Manning co-own with sportscaster Jim Nantz, Tiff’s Treats co-founders, Tiffany Taylor and Leon Chen, and Kendra Scott CEO Tom Nolan, just to title a couple. According to United states of america Today’s Golfweek Magazine, Sweetens Cove Golf Club is “one of the major 50 golf courses in the US.”
Alongside one another, the founders of Sweetens Cove Bourbon experienced the chance to purchase 100 barrels of 13-12 months-previous Tennessee straight bourbon. To blend the bourbon, Roddick and Manning recruited master distiller Marianne Eaves, previously of Brown-Forman (makers of Woodford Reserves, Jack Daniels and Previous Forester) and Castle & Key Distillery.
No stranger to the spirits scene, Eaves is Kentucky’s 1st female learn distiller and owns her personal palate enhancement and bourbon training membership services termed Eaves Blind. She also grew up a limited length away from Sweetens Cove Golf Club. Despite launching throughout the pandemic, the bourbon was correctly dispersed in two states, Tennessee and Ga, the place demand from customers was so substantial that above 13,000 bottles offered out in Could 2020.
The new 2021 release was distilled and aged in Tennessee. Even so, Eaves blended it in Central Texas. According to enterprise representatives, the finish outcome is “a cask strength, 113.7-proof blend of 4, 6, and 16-12 months Tennessee straight bourbon that sells for $200 a bottle.”
You can get your palms on just one of the 50,000 bottles of the 2021 release in the course of the Lone Star State as effectively as Colorado. The enterprise is scheduling potential allocations in Louisiana, Tennessee, Kentucky, and Ga.