Only the first bottle is expensive. French proverb. Happy Bastille Day!

Have you taken the Kentucky Bourbon Trail tour? If you haven’t, well, what are you waiting for? If you have, you likely took home souvenir glasses from each of the six distilleries on the trail: Jim Beam, Heaven Hill, Maker’s…

Several Kentucky establishments are highlighted in the August issue of Wine Enthusiast Magazine, on newsstands now.  Proof on Main in the 21C Museum Hotel at 702 W. Main St. is among the editors’ picks for the 100 Best Wine Restaurants in the…

There is something sort of perfect about combining bourbon and champagne in a cocktail in the summer. The bourbon gives the drink a little more complexity, while the bubbly lifts the spirits – in every sense of that word. I…

Love bourbon? Want to tell the world about it? Then you’ll love this prize package I’m offering to mark the Bourbon Babe blog’s first birthday. The folks at Bourbon Country, home of Louisville’s Urban Bourbon Trail, have donated a great…

He drinks a whiskey drink, he drinks a vodka drink He drinks a lager drink, he drinks a cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the…

It’s such a fine line between clever and stupid, David St. Hubbins (Michael McKean) says in “This Is Spinal Tap.” There’s also a fine line between clever and incorrect. A story posted on Forbes.com last week carried this headline: “When…

It’s hard to believe, but this blog is a year old this month. It’s been a fun year of tasting bourbons, meeting great people in the industry and connecting with lots of other fans of America’s native spirit. To celebrate, the…

Let us candidly admit that there are shameful blemishes on the American past, of which the worst by far is rum. Nevertheless, we have improved man’s lot and enriched his civilization with rye, bourbon and the Martini cocktail. In all…

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it. Russell Baker, American essayist and journalist