Tag: Bourbon Classic

Friends, Christmas is now just five days away. If you have all of your shopping wrapped up, congratulations. Also, I’m not sure we can really be friends. Actually, I’m a little bit ahead of the game this year for once,…

The last day of Women’s History Month seems appropriate for announcing a big honor for a Woman of Bourbon: Congratulations to Victoria MacRae-Samuels, Maker’s Mark’s Vice President of Operations, who was named global Distillery Manager of the Year at Whisky Magazine’s…

We’re all familiar with the Manhattan – but did you know there were cocktails named for all the New York boroughs? I didn’t until I attended The Bourbon Classic last Friday and sampled a Brooklyn mixed by Volare’s Isaac Fox,…

The Bourbon Classic, a weekend of cocktails, culinary delights, bourbon tasting and education, will return to the Kentucky Center for the Performing Arts on Jan. 31 and Feb. 1, 2014. Like this year’s inaugural event, the 2014 Classic will again include a…

What’s my favorite proof of whiskey? Well, that depends on the time of day. Lower in the morning; higher in the evening. I mean, if you start your day with Booker’s… it’s gonna be a short day. Fred Noe, Jim…

This past weekend saw the debut of an event aimed at bourbon connoisseurs: the Bourbon Classic. Held at the Kentucky Center for the Arts in downtown Louisville, the Classic brought together a great blend of master distillers, top-notch chefs and…

Much of the bourbon reporting I do is planned well in advance. For example, I’m looking forward to learning a lot at this coming weekend’s Bourbon Classic at the Kentucky Center for the Arts. (Don’t have your tickets yet? Click here.) And…

Bardstown has the Kentucky Bourbon Festival. Now, Louisville has the Bourbon Classic. The Classic, touted as “a connoisseur’s weekend celebrating all things bourbon” and intended to become an annual event, will debut March 22-23, 2013, at the Kentucky Center for…