Jacob’s Ghost
Jacob’s Ghost from Jim Beam Aged at least one year; 80 proof Suggested retail: $21.99/750ml Jim Beam joins the white whiskey trend with Jacob’s Ghost, named for founding father Jacob Beam. Unlike unaged white dog, this is aged for at…
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A nice day for a white whiskey?
Over the past few years, we’ve seen lots of new bourbons hit the shelves. Right alongside them has been a growing collection of bottles filled with a clear spirit. Variously labeled white whiskey, unaged whiskey or the colloquial white dog, this is “pre-bourbon,” the…
[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xJuCR3o0yXw?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0&w=500&h=375] Leo on ice: In one of those only-for-foreign-markets commercials, Leonardo DiCaprio, who probably hasn’t been this cold since he froze to death in “Titanic,” puts some Jim Beam on ice. A LOT of ice. I mean, that’s a Jim…
Bill Murray, ‘Stripes’ and Booker Noe
“Other VIPs I met over the years include: Bill Murray, who was a big bourbon fan. A little-known fact: They shot the movie ‘Stripes’ on our distillery grounds, and he used to sneak off the set and slip into Booker’s…
Bourbon inside the Beltway
The Kentucky Distillers’ Association will feature an exclusive sampling of bourbon brands at the Bluegrass Ball on Jan. 19 in Washington, D.C. The non-partisan event, hosted by the Kentucky Society of Washington, is the first of a series of black-tie celebrations surrounding the presidential inauguration. Seven Kentucky…
Even more bourbon-related gift ideas!
As promised, here are more gift ideas for the bourbon lovers on your list. Mini bottles of bourbon make great stocking stuffers. Most are priced around $6. The selection above can be found at Party Mart. Candleberry’s Kentucky Bourbon-scented candles will fill…
Jim Beam’s new visitors center
Today is the official grand opening of the Jim Beam American Stillhouse, the new visitors center at the Clermont, Ky., distillery. But the Stillhouse has been open for a few weeks, and I stopped by on one of my trips to…
Wild Turkey expanding visitors center
Wild Turkey broke ground yesterday on a $4 million visitors center that will sit just behind its new distillery building on Wild Turkey Hill in Lawrenceburg, Ky. (That’s an artist rendering above.) The 8,500-square-foot visitors center will replace the current 1,000-square-foot gift…
Kentucky bourbon: Read all about it
Food & Dining Magazine devotes much of its fall issue to bourbon – including a 14-page spread on the spirit’s past, present and future in Kentucky by a writer very dear to the Bourbon Babe’s heart. You can click on…
It’s National Bourbon Day!
Today, June 14, is National Bourbon Day. Which begs the question, what day isn’t Bourbon Day? Nonetheless, today holds the distinction of being the “official” day, and so we might as well celebrate it. Bourbon truly is a cause of…
