Bourbon tourists continued to slake their thirst for bourbon and bourbon knowledge in Kentucky last year, as the 23 distilleries on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail Tours notched more than 1 million visits for the second year in a row. The 1,194,233…
What do you think women like to drink? I suppose I’m aiming this question at all men, but I’m mostly interested in responses from the men in R&D at distilling companies — and my question is prompted by the release…
526 Happy Hollow Road, Clermont, KY 40010 jimbeam.com/visit-the-bourbon-distillery, 502-543-9877 PRODUCTS: Jim Beam, Baker’s, Booker’s, Basil Hayden’s, Knob Creek, Knob Creek Rye, Knob Creek Smoked Maple, Old Grand-Dad, Jim Beam Rye, Red Stag Although Jim Beam is one of the best-selling bourbon brands…
The Feed Podcast, a James Beard Award-winning production of Chicago chef and restaurateur Rick Bayless (Frontera Grill, Topolobampo) and food and drink journalist Steve Dolinsky, recently came to Louisville to check out the city’s burgeoning distillery scene. As I note…
In 1964, the Jim Beam Christmas edition decanter sold for $5.99. On April 28, one of those bottles is expected to bring at least $100,000 at auction. The contents of this bottle made it extra-special, and we’re not talking about…
My new book, “Barrel Strength Bourbon: The Explosive Growth of America’s Whiskey,” charts the remarkable increase in the production not only of bourbon, but also of rye whiskey. For instance: From 2009 through 2014, the volume of rye whiskey produced increased…
Last week I shared my tasting notes for the new Jim Beam Double Oak, the latest line extension from Jim Beam. Like all bourbon, this new expression is first aged in a new, charred white oak barrel — in this…
86 proof; 4 years, then aged “to taste” in second charred barrel $22/750ml The story: Jim Beam Double Oak, the latest new expression from the brand, is first aged for four years in charred American white oak barrels, then poured…
127.9 proof: 6 years, 11 months $59.99/750ml suggested retail price The story: Beam has bottled the first of six planned releases in its 2016 Booker’s Batch Collection, a limited-edition series honoring legendary master distiller Booker Noe. Each batch will be selected by…
The bourbon appreciation group I belong to has offered some wonderful tasting opportunities this past year, but we saved the most unusual one for December: Bourbons available only in Japan (plus a blended whiskey made there). We sampled Early Times…
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