Four Roses Distillery had quite a set-up at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival Gala on Saturday night in Bardstown. Here, I’m enjoying a glass of Four Roses Single Barrel while standing next to a sculpture that captured the brand’s iconic blooms in…
That’s The Bourbon Babe enjoying a terrific Manhattan (made with Old Forester) at Rye on Market in Louisville. Tonight I’ll be doing my sipping at the Kentucky Bourbon Festival Gala in Bardstown, a black-tie affair where one can mingle with…
If you are in Bardstown this week for the Kentucky Bourbon Festival, be sure to stop by the Angel’s Envy Pop-Up Bourbon Bar in the penthouse of Spalding Hall, 114 N. Fifth St. The bar opens with a special event today at 2 p.m….
A few days ago I told you about the new visitors center that Wild Turkey is planning at its distillery in Lawrenceburg, Ky. Today’s Courier-Journal has a quick interview with Roberto de Leon Jr. and Ross Primmer of De Leon…
It’s a tough job, but someone had to taste the entries in the Bourbon Women Association’s inaugural Not Your Pink Drink contest. I was one of the lucky panel members who met at Jack’s Lounge to sample the five finalists…
Time is running out to enter your cocktail recipe in the Bourbon Women Association’s Not Your Pink Drink contest: Entries must be received electronically by 11:59 p.m. EDT Sept. 1 (tomorrow) at www.bourbonwomen.org. There are two divisions: professional bartender (entry…
Members of the Bourbon Women Association, a group founded in Kentucky in 2011 to provide educational and networking opportunities for women who appreciate America’s native spirit, have a lot in common besides their love of bourbon. They’re smart, sophisticated, confident…
Perhaps I should say “old” rather than new: Heaven Hill Distilleries today announced a limited-edition release of Elijah Craig 20-Year-Old Single Barrel Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey. About 1,300 bottles will start appearing on shelves in 36 states later this month and in…
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,…
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