🎃 The Bourbon That Glows in the Dark

💥 Opening Pour

When the moon is high and the air smells like bonfires and buttered corn, you know it’s time to pour something a little... spooky.

Forget pumpkin beer and candy corn cocktails.
Tonight, we’re talking glow-in-the-dark bourbon — and yes, it’s very real.

📖 The Story

Every Halloween, bourbon fans tell stories: haunted distilleries, barrels that move on their own, ghost dogs in the rickhouses.

But this year, Smoke Wagon out of Las Vegas didn’t need a ghost story.
They made a bottle that literally glows in the dark.

The Smoke Wagon Halloween Glow-In-The-Dark Edition isn’t just a gimmick — it’s their straight bourbon whiskey dressed up in a label that glows like a full moon.
Covered in skeleton arms and eerie gold ink, this bottle looks like it clawed its way out of a haunted barrelhouse.

Inside the bottle is the good stuff: a blend of high-rye MGP bourbon aged in Nevada’s dry desert heat, which pushes the spirit deep into the oak and draws out vanilla, spice, and heat.

Even better? It’s not some ultra-rare unicorn. It’s priced to party, and you can grab it today.

🥇 The Weekly Pour

Bottle: Smoke Wagon Halloween Glow-In-The-Dark Straight Bourbon
Proof: 92.5
Age: Blend of young and older barrels (NAS)
Price: $39.99
Nose: Honey, vanilla bean, light cinnamon
Palate: Buttery caramel, baking spice, toasted grain
Finish: Short-to-medium, clean and warming — no ghostly burn

✅ Halloween-exclusive label — glow-in-the-dark skeletons and all
✅ Classic Smoke Wagon bourbon inside
✅ Fun + functional — a perfect spooky-season sipper or party bottle

🛒 Buy it now → CraftSpiritShop.com – $39.99
🎁 Use code HAUNTED10 at checkout for $10 off orders $125+ — expires TODAY!

🍹The Art of Mixing

The Graveyard Sipper
(A smoky Halloween Old Fashioned)

Ingredients:

• 2 oz Smoke Wagon Halloween Edition

• ¼ oz maple syrup

• 2 dashes Angostura bitters

• 1 dash mole or chocolate bitters

• Orange peel & toasted rosemary sprig

Instructions:

1. Stir all ingredients with ice until chilled.

2. Strain into a rocks glass with one large cube.

3. Express the orange peel over the glass.

4. Light the rosemary until it smokes — lay across the rim for a ghostly aroma.

Tip: If you’re throwing a party, serve it under blacklight. Let the bottle do the work. 🔮

🍖 Flavor Pairing Picks

Pair it with:

🍗 Applewood Smoked Ribs — the sweet smoke and spice dance perfectly with the bourbon
🍬 Peanut Butter Cups — trust me, the caramel notes + chocolate + PB are scary good
💨 Cigar: CAO Flathead V660 “Big Block” — bold enough to handle the spice, smooth enough to enjoy in costume

🧠 Big Lesson of the Week

Not every bottle needs to be rare or dusty to be memorable.
Sometimes, the right pour is one that glows in the dark, makes your friends laugh, and tastes great with candy.

🥂 Final Toast

To the bottles that bring the fun, the ghosts that never quite leave, and the pours that light up the night.

🥃 Repeatable Proverb

“Whiskey is better when it glows.”

📖 The Whiskey Journal Is Here

For those of us who believe every bottle tells a story worth writing down.

I finally released The Art of the Pour Official Whiskey Tasting Journal—the same one I use to jot down:

🖋️ Tasting notes, barrel picks, and “finally cracked it open” moments
🗓️ First pours with friends
🧠 Thoughts that hit halfway through a good pour

🎁 And because I love a good surprise, I’m throwing in a free printable Whiskey Tasting Wheel—yep, the one folks keep asking about from past newsletters.

Already a subscriber? You’re first in line.
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Now Its Your Turn

What spooky bottle are you pouring tonight?
🎃 Drop your pick in the comments — costume not required
⭐ Save this for next October
📩 Share it with your whiskey-loving ghouls

Cheers to haunted bottles, glowing pours, and Halloween done right,

Ethan “Neat” Whitmore

P.S. Next Tuesday marks the first real sip of November — and I’m bringing the bourbon heat.
We’ll dive into the best bottles for fall feasts, a secret turkey-day pairing tip, and the pour I always keep hidden until dessert.