Tag: whiskey

He drinks a whiskey drink, he drinks a vodka drink He drinks a lager drink, he drinks a cider drink He sings the songs that remind him of the good times He sings the songs that remind him of the…

Louisville freelance writer Dana McMahan spent a whole day drinking along the city’s Urban Bourbon Trail and lived to blog about it. My favorite revelation: President Harry S Truman purportedly started his day with a meal of toast, eggs, bacon, fruit,…

Today, April 15, marks the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the RMS Titanic and the loss of more than 1,500 lives. The largest ship afloat, the Titanic was also designed to be the most luxurious, and many prominent people…

If you can’t drink a lobbyist’s whiskey, take his money, sleep with his women and still vote against him in the morning, you don’t belong in politics. Molly Ivins (1944-2007), newspaper columnist

Today is the inaugural World Whisky Day, an event established by a 21-year-old student at the University of Aberdeen who grew up in Edinburgh, Scotland. Blair Bowman, who hopes this will become an annual event, says his goal is to get…

What whiskey will not cure, there is no cure for. Irish proverb

While 95 percent of the world’s bourbon is produced right here in Kentucky, we don’t hold the franchise on whiskey. (Remember: All bourbon is whiskey, but not all whiskey is bourbon.) Wednesday, Jan. 25, Westport Whiskey & Wine in Louisville’s…

Oh, whiskey, if you were a woman I’d fight you and I’d win, Lord knows I would… Oh, whiskey, if you were a woman I’d drive you from his tangled mind for good. “Whiskey, If You Were a Woman,” Highway…

Did you know that at the turn of the 20th century, Louisville, Ky., was the nexus of the bourbon industry? At one point, the River City’s Whiskey Row was home to nearly 90 whiskey-related concerns from all over the world. Read…

Never cry over spilt milk. It could’ve been whiskey. Bret Maverick (James Garner), “Maverick” (1957)