The Kentucky Distillers’ Association originally formed in 1880, when 32 distillers met at the Galt House in Louisville and organized to protect bourbon from “needless and obstructive laws and regulations.” One pretty big obstructive law, Prohibition, led to the KDA’s…
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…
August 15. It’s an important date for Bourbon Women for two reasons: It’s the deadline to enter the Bourbon Women Association’s second annual Not Your Pink Drink Contest. The contest has two categories – professional ($25 entry fee) and amateur ($15…
August 15. It’s an important date for Bourbon Women for two reasons: It’s the deadline to enter the Bourbon Women Association’s second annual Not Your Pink Drink Contest. The contest has two categories – professional ($25 entry fee) and amateur ($15 fee)….
One of the advantages that craft distillers – sometimes called microdistillers – have over the big guys is the ability to experiment more with their product line. That’s certainly the case at Corsair Artisan Distillery, as you can see in…
One of the advantages that craft distillers – sometimes called microdistillers – have over the big guys is the ability to experiment more with their product line. That’s certainly the case at Corsair Artisan Distillery, as you can see in the photo above….
The Kentucky Bourbon Trail tour just got bigger – by adding some little guys. The Kentucky Bourbon Trail Craft Tour will include seven micro-distilleries that stretch from Marshall to Mason counties: Barrel House Distillery, Lexington Corsair Artisan Distillery, Bowling Green Limestone…
The fall issue of The Bourbon Review is out. Be sure to check out my story about the rise of the craft distilling movement across the country, as well as an interview with Trey Zoeller of Jefferson’s Bourbon and some great…
Old Pogue Distillery, whose roots go back to 1876, became the newest member of the Kentucky Distillers’ Association this week. The Maysville, Ky., distiller is the KDA’s 13th member and its seventh craft distiller – which means that for the…
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