Welcome to Beech Mountain's Mile High Bourbon Society
Membership is open

Last year we raised over 3,000! This year will be bigger and better!

Last year with Bourbon and Blues we raised over 3K for our charity - Adam Galleher Memorial Fund - providing musical instruments to High Country Middle and High Schools!

This year it is Bourbon and Bacon!

Bourbon and Bacon

What is Bourbon and Bacon?

Located at the rustic Beech Alpen Inn, BMBS presents free live music by Dr. Bacon along with all good things bourbon and bacon! This is the start of a busy weekend on Beech Mountain. 

The society hosts a summer Battle of the Bourbons where 4 bourbons battle it out for Best of Beech Mountain. Tasting tickets for this event are $40/each with 5 dollars to Beech Mountain Bourbon Society, $10 to a local children's fund, Smile on ADG Memorial Fund. See below for details on this amazing charity helping local children of the High Country of North Carolina achieve their dreams.

We are also hosting a fun auction of things bourbon and things High Country. All proceeds of this auction go directly to the Smile On ADG Memorial Fund. Society Members are donating rare bottles of bourbons for this auction.

Our Premium Tasting room is a private ticket only event. Ticket prices are 75/each and are limited. Each ticket get four pours of bottles of bourbon you cannot find in NC. Perhaps even a bottle or two that you cannot find ANYWHERE! All proceeds of the ticket sales benefit Smile on ADG.

No! The live music is free for all, we are asking for donations to our charity as well as tips for the band! The Premium Tasting Room is open to all, those tasting our premium bourbons must have tasting tickets. 

Tickets are available on our website WWW.BMBSNC.COM via PayPal. Tickets for the premium room are limited and may sell out. Tickets for the Bourbon Battle of four bourbons from the local ABC store are available online or night of through Beech Alpen Inn.Having a big sale, on-site celebrity, or other event? Be sure to announce it so everybody knows and gets excited about it.

This room is donated bottles of Premium Bourbons from society members. Purchase of tickets at 75/pp gives guest 4 tastings of their choice of those bourbons. All proceeds of each ticket purchase goes directly to BMBS charity.

Yes! Food is purchased separately through Beech Alpen Inn Restaurant. Chef Peter is planning a bacon and bourbon inspired menu. If you wish to sit down and eat, reservations are encouraged. Call Beech Alpen Restaurant at 828-387-2252.

Music is on the lawn of Beech Alpen Inn located at 700 Beech Mountain Parkway, Beech Mountain, NC 28604

A full service bar is available through Beech Alpen Restaurant.

BMBS meets once a month for small tastings - 4 bourbons. If meetings are at a restaurant, the restaurant purchases the bourbons - the cost of the purchase is added to the meal bill divided by the number of people tasting.

Leftover bourbon is BMBS property enjoyed by society members until the bottle is empty.

Members absent our small meetings relinquish their portion of the whiskey, the may obtain their share from the President after the tasting providing there is any left.

Twice a year - Winter Battle at the beginning of snow seasonSummer Battle at the beginning of Summer season
12 bourbons battle for title of Best of Beech Mountain - the bourbon served at local establishments for each season.
Members may bring guests to the small tastings with a guest fee of $15/pp, Battle of the Bourbons is open to the public with a per person fee determined by the President and the Venue. If the Battle is at a local Venue the purchase of the bourbons and the leftover bourbon is the property of that venue.
All meetings including the Battle of the Bourbon include tasting notes, tasting wheels and pens.

Membership is for one full year from time of registration. $35/yearMembership dues go toward one premium bottle of bourbon for the society tasting.Membership includes priority during tastings at local venues.
Members must be 21 years or older, willing to partake and not condone whiskey snobbery. 
The Tally of Tasting Notes will be either the night of the tasting or the next morning. Any BMBS members protesting the tally needs to inform the Secretary within 24 hours of the posting of the results.

Chairman - Responsible for determining whiskeys for tastings, finding volunteers for tastings, and running meeting. 

President - Helping the Chairman determine whiskey choice, attending all whiskey tastings, helping the President home. Researching and purchasing Premium bottle of bourbon for Society Member’s yearly tasting.

Secretary - determining venues for Battle of the Bourbons, providing tasting notes, glasses, pens. Organizing food if tasting is not at a venue. Tallying the tasting note scores and communication with the society.

Treasurer - creating and maintaining a bank account for the BMBS, determining when dues are due, keeping track of guest fees. Keeping a positive balance in the bank account and making sure with fundraisers if needed the cost of the premium bottle of bourbon is covered by the society.

Assistant to the Chairman - determining whiskeys for tastings, coordination of details to all members of the monthly tastings, helping the Treasurer collect BMBS dues.

Security - Making sure all members and guests behave appropriatly at all small tastings and at the Battle of the Bourbons. Ejecting those members that have not paid their dues or are acting inappropriately.

Tastings on Beech Mountain are considered part of the Mile High Club.

Members receive one discount premium bourbon of local establishments

Started in 2015 by to local bourbon aficionados