Tag: Woodford Reserve

In case you haven’t noticed, bourbon isn’t the only thing we’re good at here in Kentucky. We are also pretty good at college basketball. And our basketball fans are just as passionate about their teams as they are about their…

Woodford Reserve Double Oaked 90.4 proof (same as Woodford Reserve) The first addition to Woodford Reserve’s permanent product line is created by aging the bourbon in two custom-made barrels – the second barrel toasted twice as long as the first…

Students from the Yale School of Architecture are coming to Louisville to research a project on designing a contemporary urban bourbon distillery. They will study Louisville’s Whiskey Row and visit area distilleries including Woodford Reserve and Four Roses. Read more…

Coming in March to a liquor store near you (if you’re lucky): Woodford Reserve Double Oaked bourbon, the first permanent new product in the Woodford line in its 15-year history. This ultra-premium bourbon is aged in two unique oak barrels….

A record number of people visited all six distilleries on the Kentucky Bourbon Trail in 2011, the Kentucky Distillers’ Association reported this week. The total of 11,757 visitors, representing all 50 states and 16 countries, was well above the previous record of 9,402, set…

The 3rd Annual Woodford Reserve Manhattan Experience concluded in, where else, Manhattan this week with Joann Spiegel, a bartender from – hey – Manhattan crowned the winner. Here is her recipe: 2 oz Woodford Reserve 1/2 oz vermouth 1/4 oz…

This handsome limited-edition bourbon bottle set, which commemorates the Bellarmine University Knights and their NCAA Division II national basketball championship earlier this year, would be a terrific gift for a fan of bourbon or Bellarmine – or both! Bottles of…

Several of my friends have asked me for gift suggestions for the bourbon fans on their lists. I thought I’d share some of the ideas with my blog readers – consider it my gift to you. Is there anything better…

The Bourbon Babe doesn’t drink just bourbon. Sometimes you have to branch out – for instance, when you are making a champagne toast just after midnight in the state Capitol to newly inaugurated Kentucky Gov. Steve Beshear and Lt. Gov….

Earlier this week, the Kentucky Derby Museum was the site of Louisville’s “Manhattan Experience,” a competition sponsored by Woodford Reserve and Esquire Magazine that seeks the ultimate Manhattan recipe. The winners from contests held in cities across the country will…