Tag: Willett

Join The Bourbon Babe at ReSurfaced!

It’s all about the ladies at ReSurfaced: The Bourbon Edition tonight, June 12, from 5-7 p.m. Women-only groups like Bourbon Women and Whiskey Chicks will fill the event space at 615 W. Main St. in Louisville. Yours truly, The Bourbon Babe, will…

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Speakeasy

Speakeasy Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey 94.4 proof/750ml, no age statement $30 suggested retail The story: The label may say this is bottled by the Bardstown Club Distilling Co., but that’s one of many fictitious distillery names used by Willett Distillery….

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An All-Star evening

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…

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The Bourbon Lodge at Forecastle

The Bourbon Babe stopped by the Bourbon Lodge at Forecastle this weekend to participate in Sunday evening’s Speakeasy. Festival organizers paired with the Kentucky Distillers’ Association in this, the Lodge’s second year, to increase the number of participating distillers from…

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The Bourbon Lodge at Forecastle

The Bourbon Babe stopped by the Bourbon Lodge at Forecastle this weekend to participate in Sunday evening’s Speakeasy. Festival organizers paired with the Kentucky Distillers’ Association in this, the Lodge’s second year, to increase the number of participating distillers from three to 12. I…

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Willett Single Barrel

Willett Family Estate Bottled Single Barrel 4 years old; proof varies $44.99/750ml I recently visited Willett Distillery, just outside Bardstown, Ky., for the first time (see below) and purchased a bottle of their 4-year-old Single Barrel. This one was 113…

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Continuing this week’s inadvertent barrel theme, here are some that I photographed last weekend on a jaunt to Maker’s Mark, top, and Willett Distillery.

Willett Distillery joins the KDA

The Willett Distillery in Bardstown, Ky., is the newest member of the Kentucky Distillers’ Association, making it the 14th member and the eighth craft distiller to join. Willett has a long history in Kentucky distilling, although not all of it…

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