The Kentucky Distillers’ Association announced today that Master Distiller Chris Morris of Brown-Forman is the new chairman of the board for the 136-year-old group that promotes and protects the state’s signature bourbon and distilled spirits industry. Morris who was selected during the KDA…
The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Florida has ruled in favor of Maker’s Mark and its parent company, Beam Suntory, in a class action lawsuit alleging that Maker’s Mark bourbon is misleadingly labeled as “handmade.” U.S. District Judge…
One of the great women in the bourbon industry, Margie Mattingly Samuels, will be inducted into the Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame during the Kentucky Bourbon Festival in Bardstown next week. Her induction on Sept. 17 will make her the…
You’ve heard of a tempest in a teapot. This was a blowup in a bottle – a bottle of Maker’s Mark with one key change on the label: 42 percent alcohol by volume, rather than the historic 45 percent. The distillery’s…
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