Anderson County, Ky., is an important stop on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail tour, home to both the Wild Turkey and Four Roses distilleries. In the heyday of bourbon production before Prohibition, it was home to even more distilleries, and bourbon…
Inspired by the storied history and recent resurgence of Louisville’s Whiskey Row, Kevin Yates and Katie Kelty, who met while both were students at Bellarmine University, have started a new line of products that celebrate that heritage: Bourbon Built. Their…
Happy Pappy’s Day to all the fathers out there – including mine, who doesn’t imbibe, but who taught me that anything worth doing is worth doing well, and who has always been proud of what I’ve accomplished. Cheers!
Josh Mitcham likes to make art using reclaimed materials. So one day he took a 1960s-era Coca-Cola crate from his dad’s Breckinridge County, Ky., barn and painted an image on it of Jack Nicholson in “The Shining” – that “Heeeeere’s…
Counting down to the season premiere of HBO’s “True Blood” at 9 and contemplating which beverage will make the best accompaniment. A Bloody Mary would be an obvious choice, but I’d rather face the True Death than drink tomato juice,…
Sangria is a marvelous, fruity, wine-based punch that has its origins in Spain, and we did our darndest to sample it just about everywhere we went on our recent trip. This batch, enjoyed under an umbrella on the Plaza Mayor…
The Bourbon Women Association is “taking flight” with a membership recruitment event in Washington, D.C., on June 19 at Jack Rose Saloon. The evening will include appetizers, special cocktails, networking opportunities and a bourbon tasting featuring products from Beam Global….
To celebrate the 13th birthday of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail tour (and to give you more ways to part with your money in the Bluegrass State), the Kentucky Distillers’ Association this week unveiled a new online Kentucky Bourbon Trail Shop….
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…
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