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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…

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…

As a native of Kentucky, which produces 95 percent of the world’s bourbon supply, I’m always interested in bourbon being produced elsewhere. On a recent weekend in Tampa, Fla., I saw the above bottles on a shelf in the gift…

To celebrate its 125th anniversary, Four Roses Bourbon created this cool infographic. You can see it larger here. Also as part of the celebration, Four Roses has dubbed this “The Year of the Toast” and is running a related contest: If…

Thanks to everyone who entered the contest to win a copy of Mike Veach’s “Kentucky Bourbon Whiskey: An American Heritage.” I conducted a random draw over the weekend, and the two winners were Tyler Montell of Shelbyville, Ky., and Joshua…

Happy National Bourbon Day! Which one will it be? It’s a tough choice, but the good news is, there is no wrong answer. How will you celebrate? While you’re deciding, be sure to reblog this post for a chance to…

It was a Google alert that finally pushed me over the edge. There among my daily results for the word “bourbon” was this headline from Forbes: “Special Bourbons for Celebrating Father’s Day.” “If your father is a bourbon fan, this…

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…

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…