Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…
As a bourbon blogger, I have a lot of bottles of bourbon. I also have a lot of bourbon glassware. But until this week, what I didn’t have was bourbon glasses made from bourbon bottles. A Georgia company called Cave…
90 proof, 10 years old $46.35/375ml suggested retail price The story: Buffalo Trace Distillery is well known for its experimental whiskey. At any point, more than 3,000 experimental barrels are aging in the distilleries warehouses. One of its very first releases,…
Hoooo-eeee. Just when I was getting all sentimental about how there would be no “Justified” tonight, or ever again, we got ourselves a real-life Raylan-and-Boyd-worthy story right here in the Commonwealth of Kentucky. That’s right: The Case of the Missing…
Upset that the bourbon recovered in PappyGate this week may be destroyed, I’ve appealed to a higher power: Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear. I’m asking him to #PardonMyPappy. Please join the cause, won’t you? The Honorable Steven L. Beshear 700…
(SPOILER ALERT: DO NOT READ UNTIL YOU’VE WATCHED EPISODE 8, “DARK AS A DUNGEON.”) Bourbon is a very versatile spirit, as “Justified” has amply illustrated this season: It is a perfect celebratory sip and a great way to start your…
Bourbon and barbecue are one of those natural pairings. On Sept. 8, Louisville will be the site of a competition that will elevate that pairing to epic status. The Cochon555 Heritage BBQ series will make its first stop in Louisville…
The room smelled like bourbon and books. And with good reason. I was standing in the library at Oxmoor Estate – the largest private library in the state of Kentucky and one of the three largest in the country. Ten thousand…
I celebrated the solstice in style last Thursday with a James Beard Foundation-sanctioned dinner in Lexington prepared by Chef Jonathan Lundy of Lexington’s Jonathan at Gratz Park and Chef Darin Nesbit of the Bourbon House in New Orleans. Each of the five…
That’s how I’m viewing Feb. 29. And a special day deserves a special libation. Since Leap Day comes around every four years, you would not be wrong to choose something from Four Roses – the 100-proof single barrel, perhaps. But to commemorate the rarity…
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