Tag: The Bourbon Babe

I’m going to be featuring a lot of tasting notes on the blog this week, so in today’s Trivia I’m sharing a tip for tasting bourbon: Don’t ”nose” it the way you do wine. You know how you stick your whole nose…

Wild Turkey Spiced 86 proof; no age statement $22.99/750ml The story: Bourbons with flavors added may seem like a relatively new idea, but Wild Turkey introduced a honey-flavored bourbon back in 1976 (it’s now known as American Honey). The company…

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…

Last night we drove down to Bardstown for the All-Star Sampler, one of the Kentucky Bourbon Festival’s popular annual events. Essentially this is a meet-and-greet with all the brands represented in the Kentucky Distillers’ Association. On Saturday, these guys and…

Welcome to Week Three of Bourbon Heritage Month! How is everyone holding up? I’m looking forward to the Kentucky Distillers’ Association’s All-Star Sampler in Bardstown tonight, part of the annual Kentucky Bourbon Festival. Of course, here in Kentucky, every month…

The Kentucky Distillers’ Association originally formed in 1880, when 32 distillers met at the Galt House in Louisville and organized to protect bourbon from “needless and obstructive laws and regulations.” One pretty big obstructive law, Prohibition, led to the KDA’s…

Today is a sad day in the bourbon world, as master distiller Lincoln Henderson is laid to rest. He died Sept. 10 at the age of 75 following a long battle with melanoma. He worked for nearly 40 years for…

Jim Beam Signature Craft 86 proof; 12 years old $39.99/750ml The story: Jim Beam, the world’s top-selling bourbon, has introduced a new line of “ultra-premium” brands. The Signature Craft 12-Year-Old will be the permanent expression in the line; there will…

If you threw a party for the whole world, and served only the bourbon that is now aging in barrels in Kentucky, every man, woman and child* on the planet could have four drinks apiece. Source: Colin Blake, creative director…