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…
The sun shines bright on my Old Kentucky Home – which is entirely appropriate as today is the 138th running of the Kentucky Derby. The Bourbon Babe will be heading to the track shortly, but before I go, I’ll give…
Looking for a new place to grab a drink after the Kentucky Oaks or the Derby? Try the temporary pop-up bourbon bar that Angel’s Envy has conjured up in a vacant storefront at 400 E. Main St., across from Louisville’s Slugger…
If there is anything more Southern than cruising down the river on a steamboat while wearing a big hat and sipping a bourbon, I don’t know what it is. That was the scene yesterday during the Kentucky Derby Festival’s Great…
therewillbebourbon: Bourbon Women, a membership association for women who like bourbon, recently held a reception and bourbon tasting at Eastern Standard in Boston. I was a little bit nervous about going as I had next to no information about what…
I finished off a bottle of Blanton’s the other night, which means I can now go shopping for a different letter. In case you aren’t familiar with this stroke of marketing genius, each Blanton’s stopper is stamped with a tiny…
Louisville is getting serious about reclaiming its bourbon heritage. Today, Heaven Hill Distilleries, the largest independent family-owned and -operated distilled spirits supplier in the United States, announced plans for a new artisanal pot-still distillery and interactive tourism experience at its…
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