The 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals recently upheld Maker’s Mark’s right to exclusive use of its distinctive seal of dripping red wax. The decision came in an appeal brought by Diageo North America and Casa Cuervo of Mexico, which had also used…
Col. E.H. Taylor Jr. Barrel Proof 7 years old; 134.5 proof This is the fourth release in the Col. E.H. Taylor Jr. Bourbon Collection, named for the founder of what is today Buffalo Trace Distillery. The uncut, unfiltered rye-recipe small…
Perhaps I should say “old” rather than new: Heaven Hill Distilleries today announced a limited-edition release of Elijah Craig 20-Year-Old Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. About 1,300 bottles will start appearing on shelves in 36 states later this month and in…
Maker’s Mark is celebrating the University of Kentucky’s 2012 NCAA National Basketball Championship with a special version of Maker’s 46 dipped in blue and white wax. Starting today, 9,000 of these collectible bottles are on shelves across Kentucky – but they…
The Bourbon Women’s next event is “Women of Many Flavors,” to be held 5:30-8 p.m. May 17 at the new Distilled Spirits Epicenter in downtown Louisville. Epicenter founder David Dafoe and Jane Conner, senior Heritage Team manager for Maker’s Mark,…
That $15 wager on I’ll Have Another won me $138 in the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby. (The Bourbon Babe may be prescient, but she is not a big spender. Still, that’s not a bad result.) Did anyone else cash a…
At the Kentucky Derby on Saturday I ran into Chris Morris, master distiller for Woodford Reserve, the event’s official bourbon. Chris was presiding over the mixing of mint juleps in the Woodford tent, where the temperature was probably upwards of…
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