If you’re bringing a bottle of Maker’s Mark home for the holidays, the distiller wants to help you with your baggage fee. You can’t take a bottle in your carry-on, so through December 31 (or until the funds run out),…
Dan Krikorian, musician, Chapman University basketball coach and host of the podcast “Beautiful Work,” is devoting this week’s podcast to whiskey. He and I chatted about Bourbon+ magazine, my book, and my own family history with bourbon. My friend and…
On Tuesday, May 28, nine bartenders from around the region brought their best cocktail game to the Levee at the River House in Louisville to compete in the United States Bartenders’ Guild Lux Row Bourbon Battle–and I was one of…
This fun tropical drink created by Jake Smith, mixologist at Wild Flower in St. Louis, Mo., won the United States Bartenders’ Guild Lux Row Bourbon Battle on May 28, 2019, earning Smith a trophy and an all-expense-paid trip to the…
For the past decade, bourbon fans have eagerly awaited the annual fall release of Buffalo Trace’s Antique Collection. This year’s Antique release comes with a new (and permanent) twist: Eagle Rare 17-Year-Old Bourbon will now be 101 proof, rather than…
As the demand for limited-edition bourbon grows, many distilleries are now offering the most limited edition of all: a single barrel that is hand-picked by a liquor store, restaurant, or bar owner and bottled exclusively for that establishment. Along with two other…
Hello and welcome to International Women’s Day. Isn’t that great? We actually get a whole day dedicated to us! OK, I’m being petty. Women’s Day falls within Women’s History Month, and that’s 31 days. To celebrate, Diageo, the international spirits…
When Heaven Hill Distillery in Bardstown, Ky., announced the release in 2012 of Larceny, a brand extension of its Old Fitzgerald line, some people worried that Old Fitz’s days were numbered. Heaven Hill said no at the time, and this…
A new bourbon documentary featuring several master distillers, actor Steve Zahn and above all the beauty of Kentucky premieres on Tuesday, Feb. 20, on all digital movie providers (iTunes, Amazon, Google Play, etc.), and after a screening on Sunday, I…
Bourbon tourists continued to slake their thirst for bourbon and bourbon knowledge in Kentucky last year, as the 23 distilleries on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Tours notched more than 1 million visits for the second year in a row. The 1,194,233…
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