More than 100 Bourbon Women invaded the Governor’s Mansion last Thursday for Mixing at the Mansion, a joint event between the Bourbon Women Association and the Kentucky Distillers’ Association. The women enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and samples from all seven…
More than 100 Bourbon Women invaded the Governor’s Mansion last Thursday for Mixing at the Mansion, a joint event between the Bourbon Women Association and the Kentucky Distillers’ Association. The women enjoyed cocktails and hors d’oeuvres and samples from all seven members of the new Kentucky…
Four Roses Limited Edition 2013 Small Batch Blend of three recipes, one aged 18 years; the other two, 13 years. 110 proof; $90/750ml The second limited-edition bourbon to mark Four Roses’ yearlong celebration of its 125 years in distilling is this…
Abraham Lincoln is the only U.S. president who was also a licensed bartender. In 1833 he opened Berry and Lincoln, a store and saloon in New Salem, Ill., with William F. Berry, a friend from his militia days. What did they…
Abraham Lincoln is the only U.S. president who was also a licensed bartender. In 1833 he opened Berry and Lincoln, a store and saloon in New Salem, Ill., with William F. Berry, a friend from his militia days. What did they serve? According…
“You can get too much age on a bourbon. It gets too damned woody.” Jim Beam master distiller Fred Noe, speaking at the inaugural Bourbon Classic in Louisville. Agree or disagree?
Jim Beam master distiller Fred Noe, speaking at the inaugural Bourbon Classic in Louisville earlier this year. Agree or disagree?
Earlier this week, I shared a recipe for a cocktail using the juice of a fresh peach. Then I made peach salsa. And still I had peaches. Today on the Chow Locally blog I came across the following recipe for…
It’s been a great year for growing fruit around here. I couldn’t resist stopping at a roadside stand on the way home from a family reunion over the weekend to buy some peaches. Aren’t they pretty? I’m planning to make peach…
One of the earliest known recipes for sour mash dates to 1818 and is attributed to a woman. Catherine Carpenter of Casey County, Ky., ran her husband’s distillery after his death and recorded recipes for both sour and sweet mash….
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