The best cocktail party ever
If you like bourbon, you’d be hard-pressed to find a cocktail party better than the Great Kentucky Bourbon Tasting & Gala, the signature event of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown, Ky. Held Saturday night at the Guthrie Opportunity Center,…
Have you had a chance to try Texas’ first legal, straight bourbon? Garrison Brothers. It’s a young brand but made with dedication to high standards.
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‘Any Way She Likes It’
That was the name of an educational tasting session led by master taster Peggy Noe Stevens, founder of the Bourbon Women Association, at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown, Ky., on Friday. The sold-out event drew women (and a few…
All Drinks Considered
Kentucky bourbon is getting national attention – and so is the Bourbon Babe! It was an honor to be featured in a story on NPR’s “All Things Considered” about the growing popularity of bourbon, even among “the ladies.” Listen to…
Proof on Main’s Darkened Manhattan
A classic Manhattan consists of bourbon, sweet vermouth and bitters, shaken with ice, strained into a chilled cocktail glass and garnished with a cherry. And there is absolutely nothing wrong with that. But as fans of classical music will tell…
The Seelbach Cocktail
Our celebration of Bourbon Heritage Month continues today with a tribute to a classic bourbon cocktail created right here in Louisville, Ky.: the Seelbach Cocktail. This rather elegant cocktail that combines bourbon, bitters and champagne is named for the rather…
Ch-ch-ch cherry bomb
“Can cherry bourbon woo women without scaring off men?” That’s the question posed by Advertising Age this week in a story about the increasing number of flavored bourbons, such as Jim Beam’s black cherry-flavored Red Stag, that hope to appeal ”to…
Great moments in bourbon
To keep the Bourbon Heritage Month celebration rolling, here is a bit of Bourbon Trivia: The system of barrel ricking that is used in whiskey warehouses to this very day was patented right here in Louisville, Ky., by one Fredrick…