I just wanted to brag real quick about beginning the weekend a night early by attending the One Thirty Five Prime bourbon dinner featuring Dan Garrison of Garrison Brothers Distillery.
My old friend Dr. Shawn Skeen and I signed up after we were given a friendly heads up by One Thirty Five Prime bartender extraordinaire Sarah Blocker. The menu was enough to sell us as it included pheasant, pork belly and venison.
But, of course, that was only the food. When I arrived, Dr. Skeen was already sipping on an Old Fashioned, which was included in the price of the dinner. I had one brought to me in short order and it was just the thing I needed.
The evening's presentation included a description of the menu by One Thirty Five Prime chef Glenn Espinosa. Before he spoke, I made my WacoFork introduction to Espinosa, so look for us to do something with him in the near future. I reckon we need more inside scoop from chefs on this site.
Garrison gave us a four-part presentation on bourbon. I was able to ask him about the rise of distilleries in Texas by specifically asking him about his relationship with the Balcones folks. He said Balcones beat him to the punch in releasing "Texas' first whiskey" but they have since formed a good relationship.
I would write more about Garrison's presentation, but the thing about a presentation on bourbon is, if they're serving bourbon during the presentation, then retention suffers. If you want to know more about bourbon, Garrison Brothers, Balcones and whiskey distilling in general, check out this Dallas Observer article. It covers most of what Garrison spoke about, at least that I recall.
Happy weekend, y'all. Get ready to vote for your favorite restaurants next week in the 254Eats Bracket Challenge.
