I’m going to agree with Bourbon Women Association founder Peggy Noe Stevens on this one: Carry Nation is our least favorite Bourbon Woman. A Kentucky native, Carry waged war against saloons and taverns in the late 1800s and early 1900s….
Did you know that at the turn of the 20th century, Louisville, Ky., was the nexus of the bourbon industry? At one point, the River City’s Whiskey Row was home to nearly 90 whiskey-related concerns from all over the world. Read…
One of the tastiest ways to get your bourbon fix through food is inside a bourbon ball – and one of the tastiest bourbon balls I’ve had recently came from Cellar Door Chocolates. Self-taught chocolatier Erika Chavez-Graziano opened Cellar Door…
Meet Jean Neighbors, bartender at Jockey Silks Bourbon Bar in the Galt House: Whether you are a bourbon aficionado or a complete novice, Jean will steer you right. For one thing, she has a lot of bourbon behind her. Jockey…
As Bourbon Heritage Month draws to a close this week, I’m taking a look at ways you can enjoy bourbon other than in a glass – although that is always recommended, of course. One delicious way is to order a…
Every year, Buffalo Trace Distillery in Frankfort, Ky., releases an Antique Collection featuring limited-edition whiskeys of various ages, recipes and proofs. The 2011 collection is scheduled to arrive in stores sometime in mid-October, but the Bourbon Babe was lucky enough…
Some final thoughts on the 20th annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival: I like that if you take Ky. 245 off I-65 to get to Bardstown, you pass two bourbon-related attractions: the Jim Beam Distillery, which on Friday was hard at work,…
If you like bourbon, you’d be hard-pressed to find a cocktail party better than the Great Kentucky Bourbon Tasting & Gala, the signature event of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown, Ky. Held Saturday night at the Guthrie Opportunity Center,…
That was the name of an educational tasting session led by master taster Peggy Noe Stevens, founder of the Bourbon Women Association, at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown, Ky., on Friday. The sold-out event drew women (and a few…
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