ColumbusBourbon Year-in-Review and a new way to Connect!

First of all, let me send a sincere Thank You to all the readers. I started this site as a way to keep track of which bourbons I liked and why and it has grown into something that averages almost 18,000 page views per month! Crazy. 

A sincere Thank You from Mark and Baby Leo
(celebrating his 6th birthday)

Traffic

As mentioned, this year averaged close to 18k views per month with a total around 225k for the year. This brings the All Time total to 495984 on 450 total posts! Again... absolutely bonkers. 

Top Articles of the Year

1. A Guide to Getting Hard to Find Bottles in Ohio - 16.8k views
2. Colonel E.H. Taylor Small Batch Bottled In Bond Review - 13k views
3. Blanton's Single Barrel Bourbon Review - 12k views
4. A Look Inside 'No Soliciting', A Private Bourbon Bar in Columbus, Ohio - 7.5k views
5. Basil Hayden's Dark Rye Review - 5.5k views

New Way to Connect

Since Google shut down their FollowByEmail widget in July, I haven't found a great way for people to get updates. I've been looking at some email services and possibly a newsletter that can summarize the posts... Hopefully there will be more to come on that in 2022. In the meantime, I've created a Facebook page where I'll post articles. Feel free to give it a follow and/or tell a friend. 

https://www.facebook.com/ColumbusBourboncom-102503025639250/

My Favorite Pages/Posts

I mentioned the top posts of the year by views above... below are my five favorite posts of the year. 

1. Let's Have An Honest Talk About These OHLQ Lotteries - A deep dive into the OHLQ lotteries
2. Bourbon Review Scores - A list of every bourbon I've reviewed so far
3. The Q&A series - Part 1, Part 2, Part 3
4. Are Barrel Picks a Waste of Time? - Spoiler... most of the time... Yes
5. Lynxx Bourbon Introduces Bourbon For Women - Sadly... not satire

Thank you to everyone for following and I hope you have a wonderful Holiday season!