To celebrate its 14th birthday (can that be right?? It seems like just yesterday it was a baby), the Kentucky Bourbon Trail tour today unveiled the new Official Kentucky Bourbon Trail app. Available free on Apple’s iTunes Store (search “Kentucky…

Established in 2008, Koval Distillery is the first craft distillery within Chicago’s city limits since Prohibition. The name Koval is Yiddish for “blacksmith,” but also refers to a black sheep.

“Tell me what brand of whiskey that Grant drinks. I would like to send a barrel of it to my other generals.” Quote attributed to President Abraham Lincoln in reference to complaints about the alleged drinking habits of Ulysses S….

Wild Turkey Tradition 14 years old; 101 proof About $115/750ml Wild Turkey Tradition has the most impressive packaging I’ve ever seen. It comes in a large, rectangular wooden box (see image below). You have to push in buttons on the side…

Carla Carlton, “The Bourbon Babe,” is an award-winning bourbon journalist based in her home state of Kentucky, which produces 95 percent of America’s native spirit. Stay tuned with us as we transform the site – currently under construction! More to…

“How do you tell a moonshiner in Kentucky? That Mason jar makes a little mark on their nose.” That’s the wit and wisdom of Jimmy Russell, master distiller at Wild Turkey. Jimmy loves to have a little fun, so here…

As I’ve mentioned here, I recently went to Chicago for WhiskyFest. When I told people I was headed to the Windy City, at least three times I heard: ”Oh – you HAVE to go to Delilah’s!” Well, you usually only have to…

A couple of weekends ago I attended my first WhiskyFest, in Chicago. For those who don’t know, WhiskyFest is an annual series of events – also held in San Francisco and New York – sponsored by Whisky Advocate magazine at which whisky/whiskey makers…

“I need something to eat.” “Ice doesn’t count?” Interplay between new partners Ted Chaough (Kevin Rahm) and Don Draper (Jon Hamm) as Don drinks Ted under the table at work on “Mad Men.”

The recent WhiskyFest Chicago featured more than 300 brands from across the spirit spectrum. That’s how I found myself sampling both a rye whiskey finished in rum barrels and a Guatemalan rum finished in whiskey barrels. What I discovered: When…