This has been a great year for bourbon. But don’t take my word for it. No less an authority than The New York Times agrees. A story headlined “Bourbon’s All-American Roar” published over the weekend outlined the “singularly American success…
Bourbon shows up on menus across the dining spectrum. The other night I enjoyed a fantastic dinner at Seviche, chef Anthony Lamas’ Latin restaurant at 1538 Bardstown Road in Louisville. The drinks menu tends toward sangria, Mojitos and the Caipirinha…
Today is the winter solstice. That means tonight is the longest night of the year, and if that doesn’t call for a bourbon, I don’t know what does. My suggestion: Black Maple Hill Small Batch, a 95-proof bourbon made by Heaven Hill….
This handsome limited-edition bourbon bottle set, which commemorates the Bellarmine University Knights and their NCAA Division II national basketball championship earlier this year, would be a terrific gift for a fan of bourbon or Bellarmine – or both! Bottles of…
Several of my friends have asked me for gift suggestions for the bourbon fans on their lists. I thought I’d share some of the ideas with my blog readers – consider it my gift to you. Is there anything better…
Be sure to check out the winter issue of The Bourbon Review, now on sale at all Liquor Barn outlets. This issue features stories about Alltech’s Town Branch Bourbon, Bulleit Bourbon’s new home in Louisville – and my story about the interesting avocation of…
Congratulations to Limestone Branch Distillery in Marion County, Ky., holder of a brand-new Distilled Spirits Plant permit. This craft distillery was founded last year by brothers Steve and Paul Beam (distant cousins of Jim Beam), who plan to make white…
Earlier this week, the Kentucky Derby Museum was the site of Louisville’s “Manhattan Experience,” a competition sponsored by Woodford Reserve and Esquire Magazine that seeks the ultimate Manhattan recipe. The winners from contests held in cities across the country will…
To celebrate Repeal Day, I enjoyed a glass of Buffalo Trace’s Rock Hill Farms Single Cask Bourbon. Michael Jackson (the dead beer/whisky critic, not the dead singer/dancer) once recommended trying Rock Hill with a double chocolate-chip cookie or rocky road…
It’s the most wonderful time of the year. No, not the holidays: Repeal Day. On this day in 1933, Utah ratified the 21st Amendment, becoming the final state needed for a three-quarters majority and officially repealing the 18th Amendment, commonly…
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