Tag: Maker’s Mark

Eat your bourbon: Fudge at the fair

If you’re heading to the Kentucky State Fair this weekend, be sure to look for the nice folks from The Sweet Shoppe in Hodgenville, Ky., and try some of their Kentucky Bourbon Fudge, made with Maker’s Mark. They’re in the…

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Zip, Sip & Dip with Mint Julep Tours

Mint Julep Tours, a Louisville-based company that offers jaunts along the Kentucky Bourbon Trail tour and through horse country, is always coming up with new itineraries. Their latest combines a classic distillery experience with a quirky new tourist attraction. The all-day Zip,…

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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…

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This ‘Young Adult’ loves her bourbon

I finally caught up to “Young Adult” over the weekend. What a great performance by Charlize Theron as Mavis Gary, the high school mean girl who returns to her hometown to try to win back her former boyfriend – who is now…

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Maker’s shows proof of commitment

On Friday, Maker’s Mark started selling 8,400 commemorative bottles featuring University of Louisville football Coach Charlie Strong. Today, the university announced that Maker’s Mark will donate $500,000, part of that from the sale of the bottles, to a new $8 million…

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Big props for small towns

USA Today and Rand McNally named the Five Best Small Towns in America this week, and two of them are in Kentucky: Murray (“friendliest”) and Bardstown (“most beautiful”). Bardstown’s proximity to several distilleries – Barton 1792, Heaven Hill, Maker’s Mark…

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Blackberry Bourbon Sour

The summer solstice is the first official day of summer, but the weather here in Kentucky doesn’t stand on ceremony. Son, it is already HOT. So instead of savoring that little burn from taking my bourbon neat, I’ve been looking for…

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An artist who goes with the grain

Josh Mitcham likes to make art using reclaimed materials. So one day he took a 1960s-era Coca-Cola crate from his dad’s Breckinridge County, Ky., barn and painted an image on it of Jack Nicholson in “The Shining” – that “Heeeeere’s…

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Making a Mark, indeed

Maker’s Mark is known for great bourbon, of course, but it’s also known for its clever marketing, from homespun letters in newspapers and magazines to amusing, eye-catching billboards that capitalize on that red-wax seal. It’s fair to say that Maker’s has become one of the…

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Shop the Kentucky Bourbon Trail

To celebrate the 13th birthday of the Kentucky Bourbon Trail tour (and to give you more ways to part with your money in the Bluegrass State), the Kentucky Distillers’ Association this week unveiled a new online Kentucky Bourbon Trail Shop….

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