When I first started drinking bourbon, I didn’t know what I was doing. Mainly, I drank bourbon in Manhattans. And the safe, guaranteed good bet for those Manhattans was Bulleit.

Since then, my whiskey collection has grown to 60+ bottles. I’d like to say that Bulleit has a special place in my heart (or palate), but it also has that “first boyfriend” quality. You know that involuntary,…