One of the advantages that craft distillers – sometimes called microdistillers – have over the big guys is the ability to experiment more with their product line. That’s certainly the case at Corsair Artisan Distillery, as you can see in the photo above….

Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Ky., has been declared a National Historic Landmark by the U.S. Department of the Interior. It is one of 2,577 such landmarks in the United States – others include the White House, the Empire State Building…

The Bourbon Babe stopped by the Bourbon Lodge at Forecastle this weekend to participate in Sunday evening’s Speakeasy. Festival organizers paired with the Kentucky Distillers’ Association in this, the Lodge’s second year, to increase the number of participating distillers from…

The Bourbon Babe stopped by the Bourbon Lodge at Forecastle this weekend to participate in Sunday evening’s Speakeasy. Festival organizers paired with the Kentucky Distillers’ Association in this, the Lodge’s second year, to increase the number of participating distillers from three to 12. I…

One of the true bourbon greats is no longer with us. Elmer T. Lee, master distiller emeritus at Buffalo Trace Distillery, passed away this morning at the age of 93. Elmer T. Lee is widely credited with saving the struggling bourbon industry…

In order to be called “straight whiskey” on the label, any variation of whiskey – bourbon, Tennessee whiskey, rye, etc. – must be aged for at least two years.

  One of the true bourbon greats is no longer with us. Elmer T. Lee, master distiller emeritus at Buffalo Trace Distillery, passed away this morning at the age of 93. Elmer T. Lee is widely credited with saving the struggling bourbon industry…

For almost as long as I’ve been writing this blog, I’ve been hearing that Angel’s Envy was going to build a distillery somewhere along Louisville’s Whiskey Row. Yesterday, on the blog’s second birthday (cheers!), Louisville Distilling Co., the company that…

Barton 1792 Distillery in Bardstown is home to the world’s largest bourbon barrel, above. It’s 15 feet tall, approximately 10 feet in diameter and has a theoretic capacity of 8,000 gallons. Here’s the really fun part: It was built by local high school students as a…

“If there is anyone who feels like they know what they’re talking about, it’s someone who’s been drinking whiskey. Wine makes you tired. Beer makes you loud. Tequila – you just go nuts.” Derek Waters, creator of “Drunk History,” a show…