Tag: Sazerac

The Commonwealth of Kentucky joined the United States on June 1, 1792. To commemorate the 225th anniversary of this momentous occasion, Barton 1792 Distillery is releasing a one-time-only bourbon that will be available for purchase in Kentucky only. The special…

There’s been a lot of press about “the bourbon boom” over the past few years. Much of it has focused on how many barrels are aging in Kentucky and how many more people are drinking it. But bourbon production also…

Strictly speaking, today’s Shot isn’t about bourbon. It’s about something that pairs beautifully with bourbon in cocktails: bitters. One of the best-known names in bitters is Peychaud’s. The brand is owned by Sazerac, which is based in New Orleans. But…

FORECAST: EVERYTHING. Kentucky’s weather plays a big role in the maturation of bourbon. In the hot summers, the liquid expands into the walls of the barrels, like those seen here at Barton 1792; in the cold winters, it contracts, carrying…

“Justified,” the FX show about a U.S. marshal keeping the peace by whatever means necessary in Harlan County, Ky., returns for a fourth season tonight at 10. I’m not sure what U.S. Marshal Raylan Givens (Timothy Olyphant, above) will be…

I celebrated the solstice in style last Thursday with a James Beard Foundation-sanctioned dinner in Lexington prepared by Chef Jonathan Lundy of Lexington’s Jonathan at Gratz Park and Chef Darin Nesbit of the Bourbon House in New Orleans. Each of the five…