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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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  • Ernest Hemingway inspires Papa’s Pilar line of rums
  • Buffalo Trace 2015 Antique Collection
  • Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2015
  • 2015 Parker’s Heritage Collection: Kentucky Straight Malt Whiskey
  • Four Roses 2015 Limited Edition Small Batch Bourbon
  • Blade and Bow 22-Year-Old
  • Blade and Bow Kentucky Straight Bourbon
  • Pikesville Straight Rye Whiskey
  • Wild Turkey Master’s Keep
  • 1792 Sweet Wheat
  • Rebel Yell American Whiskey
  • Buffalo Trace French Oak Barrel Head Aged Bourbon
  • Buffalo Trace 100% French Oak Barrel Aged Bourbon
  • Blood Oath Bourbon
  • Michter’s US*1 Barrel Strength Rye
  • Whiskey Row Distiller’s Select Bourbon Whiskey
  • Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey
  • Jim Beam Bonded Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
  • Orphan Barrel Project’s Forged Oak
  • Old Forester 1870 Original Batch
  • Woodford Reserve 2014 Master’s Collection Pinot Noir Finish
  • Old Forester 2014 Birthday Bourbon
  • Artisan Pecan Liqueur
  • Maker’s Mark Cask Strength
  • JR Ewing Private Reserve Bourbon
  • Buffalo Trace 2014 Antique Collection
  • Parker’s Heritage Collection Original Batch Wheat Whiskey
  • Elijah Craig 23-Year-Old Single Barrel
  • Four Roses 2014 Limited Edition Small Batch
  • Jim Beam Single Barrel
  • Breckenridge Bourbon Whiskey
  • Rhetoric: Diageo Orphan Barrel Project, 3rd release
  • Four Roses 2014 Limited Edition Single Barrel
  • Bernheim Original Straight Wheat Whiskey
  • Smooth Ambler Old Scout Ten
  • Knob Creek Smoked Maple
  • Speakeasy
  • Jim Beam Maple
  • Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Pt. 2 – the ryes
  • Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Pt. 1
  • Jim Beam Signature Craft Finished with Rare Spanish Brandy
  • Wild Turkey Spiced
  • Jim Beam Signature Craft
  • Chicago’s Dark Matter Bourbon Barrel-Aged Coffee
  • Old Forester Birthday Bourbon
  • 2013 Parker’s Heritage Collection “Promise of Hope” bottling
  • Wild Turkey Forgiven
  • Elijah Craig 21-Year-Old
  • Four Roses Limited Edition 2013 Small Batch (Barrel Strength)
  • Stagg Jr. Bourbon
  • Corsair Triple Smoke Whiskey
  • Jim Beam Distiller’s Masterpiece
  • Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve
  • Wild Turkey Tradition
  • Angel’s Envy Rye & Zacapa 23
  • Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage 2003
  • Willett Single Barrel
  • Elijah Craig Barrel Proof
  • Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel
  • Early Times 354
  • Jacob’s Ghost
  • Johnny Drum Private Stock
  • Jefferson’s Presidential Select
  • Angel’s Envy Cask Strength
  • Woodford Reserve Four Wood
  • John E. Fitzgerald Larceny
  • Parker’s Heritage 2012
  • Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, 2012
  • Black Maple Hill
  • Four Roses 2012 Small Batch
  • Town Branch Bourbon
  • E.H. Taylor Barrel Proof
  • Evan Williams Cherry Reserve
  • Woodford Reserve Double Oaked
  • Tornado Surviving Bourbon
  • Rock Hill Farms
  • Jim Beam Devil’s Cut
  • Hancock’s President’s Reserve
  • Buffalo Trace Antique Ryes
  • Buffalo Trace Antiques
  • Four Roses 2011 Small Batch
  • Bulleit Bourbon
  • Four Roses 2011 Edition
  • Jim Beam Rye
  • Jim Beam/Jim Beam Black
  • Jim Beam Sampler Pack
  • Henry McKenna

2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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  • Angel’s Envy Rye & Zacapa 23
  • Angel’s Envy Cask Strength

2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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  • Super-limited-edition Maker’s Mark available at distillery May 1
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  • Woodford Reserve
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  • Jim Beam American Stillhouse
  • Heaven Hill Bourbon Heritage Center
  • Four Roses Warehouse & Bottling
  • Four Roses Distillery
  • Evan Williams Bourbon Experience
  • Bulleit Frontier Whiskey Experience
  • Four Roses 2017 Limited Edition 50th Anniversary Small Batch
  • First major equipment goes in at Old Forester Distillery
  • Happy (Bourbon) Pi Day!
  • Oldest Van Winkle bottling ever (25 years) coming this spring
  • Ernest Hemingway inspires Papa’s Pilar line of rums
  • Whiskey Row mural honors Four Roses’ history in Louisville
  • Report: Bourbon now an $8.5 billion industry in Kentucky
  • Gift ideas for the bourbon fan
  • My very own Charlie Brown Christmas tree
  • The Nasty Woman, the Private Server and the Bad Hombre
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  • Stirred Sour
  • Retired Four Roses Master Distiller Jim Rutledge plans distillery
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  • Brown-Forman to release first new bourbon in 20 years with Coopers’ Craft
  • Stolen Pappy hasn’t won a reprieve
  • Brown-Forman master distiller to lead KDA board
  • Free event at Maker’s Mark: David Schuster’s Mark of the Maker
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  • The Fig Jig
  • Buffalo Trace 2015 Antique Collection
  • They work the line
  • Old Forester Birthday Bourbon 2015
  • 2015 Parker’s Heritage Collection: Kentucky Straight Malt Whiskey
  • A toast to Four Roses’ Jim Rutledge
  • Four Roses 2015 Limited Edition Small Batch Bourbon
  • The Kentucky Sparkler
  • Blade and Bow 22-Year-Old
  • Blade and Bow Kentucky Straight Bourbon
  • Pikesville Straight Rye Whiskey
  • I’ve seen fire and I’ve seen rain
  • Wild Turkey Master’s Keep
  • And the best Single Oak Project Bourbon is…
  • Why is this called a ‘Moscow Mule’?
  • My favorite summer cocktail: The Kentucky Mule
  • 1792 Sweet Wheat
  • Coming soon: 1792 Sweet Wheat, Booker’s Limited Edition
  • Join The Bourbon Babe at ReSurfaced!
  • Rebel Yell American Whiskey
  • Root for a Triple Crown win with Horse’s Neck
  • Knob Creek Horse’s Neck (with a Kick)
  • Buffalo Trace French Oak Barrel Head Aged Bourbon
  • Buffalo Trace 100% French Oak Barrel Aged Bourbon
  • Blood Oath Bourbon
  • Sneak peek: “ReSurfaced: The Bourbon Edition”
  • An Old Fashioned toast to ‘Mad Men’
  • The Bourgin
  • The Poor Man’s Mint Julep
  • McDonald’s Spirit of Kentucky Burger
  • Silver Trail Distillery worker dies of injuries from explosion
  • Jack Daniel’s Tennessee Honey Cupcakes with Boozy Drizzle
  • Louisville to host ‘Bourbon Block Party’ in June
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  • My favorite Mint Julep
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  • Woodford Reserve Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey
  • Whiskey Sour Punch
  • Kentucky bourbon the Japanese way
  • Baking with bourbon: Bourbon Vanilla Extract
  • Vanilla Bean-Bourbon Champagne Cocktail
  • Explore bourbon’s complexity with a Flavor Wheel exercise
  • Jim Beam Bonded Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey
  • 12th annual Rose Julep winner is pretty, and pretty tasty
  • Manhattan, sure; but a Brooklyn?
  • Orphan Barrel Project’s Forged Oak
  • ‘Justified’ Whiskey Watch: Season 6, Episode 6
  • “Justified’ Whiskey Watch: Season 6, Episode 5
  • “Justified’ Whiskey Watch: Season 6, Episode 4
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  • “Justified’ Whiskey Watch: Season 6, Episode 1
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  • Turkey with turkey? Best Thanksgiving pairings
  • A rising tide of bourbon
  • Knob Creek Bourbon-Glazed Turkey
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  • Old Forester 1870 Original Batch
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  • Autumn Splendor
  • Four Roses: 2 Bourbon Trail stops, 1-story warehouses
  • California: Anderson Valley Brewing Company
  • Woodford Reserve 2014 Master’s Collection Pinot Noir Finish
  • Old Forester 2014 Birthday Bourbon
  • Artisan Pecan Liqueur
  • New Old Forester Distillery will double production
  • Maker’s Mark Cask Strength
  • JR Ewing Private Reserve Bourbon
  • Buffalo Trace 2014 Antique Collection
  • Parker’s Heritage Collection Original Batch Wheat Whiskey
  • Bourbon Festival: From small dinner to big deal
  • Bourbon News Straight Up
  • Margie Samuels to join Kentucky Bourbon Hall of Fame
  • Elijah Craig 23-Year-Old Single Barrel
  • History of the cocktail shaker
  • Four Roses 2014 Limited Edition Small Batch
  • Lincoln Henderson
  • Old Jake Beam
  • Jim Beam Single Barrel
  • Breckenridge Bourbon Whiskey
  • Rhetoric: Diageo Orphan Barrel Project, 3rd release
  • New Riff Distillery
  • Four Roses 2014 Limited Edition Single Barrel
  • The Chrome Crusta
  • Vintage bourbon cocktails from Molly Wellmann
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • A ‘spirited’ tour of Cave Hill Cemetery
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Diamond Dinner with Jimmy Russell
  • Sweet Bird of Youth
  • Bernheim Original Straight Wheat Whiskey
  • Wild Turkey Visitor Center
  • Henry Watterson’s Classic Mint Julep
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • “Justified” Whiskey Watch: Season 5, Episode 13
  • “Justified” Whiskey Watch: Season 5, Episode 12
  • “Justified” Whiskey Watch: Season 5, Episode 11
  • “Justified” Whiskey Watch: Season 5, Episode 10
  • “Justified” Whiskey Watch: Season 5, Episode 9
  • “Justified” Whiskey Watch: Season 5, Episode 8
  • Smooth Ambler Old Scout Ten
  • “Justified” Whiskey Watch: Season 5, Episode 7
  • “Justified” Whiskey Watch: Season 5, Episode 6
  • “Justified” Whiskey Watch: Season 5, Episode 5
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  • Sip and Shop with Bourbon Women
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Pumpkin Pie Old Fashioned
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • The Church of Pappy
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Evan Williams Bourbon Experience
  • Take the B(eam) Train
  • Happy Pappy Day?
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • A timeline of Kentucky bourbon
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Knob Creek Smoked Maple
  • It’s the most wonderful day…
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  • Good to the last drop
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Speakeasy
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • A fine Collaboration
  • One-of-a-kind bottling raises $8,500 for ALS research at New York auction
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Ah, sweet weekend
  • Jim Beam Maple
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • A ‘Small Batch’ of bourbon poetry
  • Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Pt. 2 – the ryes
  • We have a winner!
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, Pt. 1
  • The $4,000 bourbon
  • Jim Beam Signature Craft Finished with Rare Spanish Brandy
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Wild Turkey Spiced
  • Bourbon = $$$, and here’s the proof
  • An All-Star evening
  • A contest!
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • In honor of Lincoln Henderson
  • Jim Beam Signature Craft
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
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  • Filson Bourbon Academy adds satellite campuses
  • Old Forester Birthday Bourbon
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Happy Birthday, George!
  • Happy Birthday, George!
  • 2013 Parker’s Heritage Collection “Promise of Hope” bottling
  • Cochon555 Heritage BBQ series coming to Louisville’s 21C
  • Cochon555 Heritage BBQ series coming to Louisville’s 21C
  • Wild Turkey Forgiven
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Woodford Reserve Bourbon Academy
  • The Best Whiskey Sour Ever
  • Bourbon events at Locust Grove
  • Bourbon events at Locust Grove
  • News: It’s official!
  • News: It’s official!
  • Elijah Craig 21-Year-Old
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Bourbon Women invade Governor’s Mansion!
  • Bourbon Women invade Governor’s Mansion!
  • Four Roses Limited Edition 2013 Small Batch (Barrel Strength)
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • How old is too old?
  • “You can get too much age on a bourbon. It gets too damned woody.”
  • Bourbon Peaches
  • The Just Peachy
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Important date for Bourbon Women
  • Important date for Bourbon Women
  • Stagg Jr. Bourbon
  • Italy: Our reputation precedes us
  • Our reputation precedes us
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Corsair Triple Smoke Whiskey
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Visit: Corsair Artisan Distillery
  • Corsair Artisan Distillery
  • Buffalo Trace: a new National Historic Landmark
  • The Bourbon Lodge at Forecastle
  • The Bourbon Lodge at Forecastle
  • Sad news in the bourbon world
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Sad news in the bourbon world
  • Angel’s near the outfield
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • The wisdom of ‘Drunk History’
  • Florida: Ybor City, Tampa
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • How to act drunk, from a master
  • Jim Beam Distiller’s Masterpiece
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Dierks Bentley on ‘Bourbon in Kentucky’
  • Women, whiskey and wit
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Congrats to the winners!
  • New twist on an Old-Fashioned
  • Let’s celebrate National Bourbon Day with a contest
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • As a matter of fact, Mr. Marketing Executive, I do drink bourbon
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Knob Creek Single Barrel Reserve
  • Happy Birthday, Kentucky!
  • Illinois: Goose Island, Chicago
  • Illinois: Koval Distillery, Chicago
  • Bourbon Trail: There’s an app for that
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Taking it for Granted
  • Wild Turkey Tradition
  • TheBourbonBabe
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Illinois: Delilah’s, Chicago
  • My favorite WhiskyFest moment
  • The nutritional value of ice
  • Angel’s Envy Rye & Zacapa 23
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Have a cocktail, Old Sport
  • Louisville to join the Bourbon Trail
  • Bourbon Classic to return in 2014
  • Evan Williams Single Barrel Vintage 2003
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • 87 bottles of bourbon on the wall
  • The benefits of a hangover
  • Hello, Mudder
  • Henry Watterson’s classic julep recipe
  • Secretariat: Chills, 40 years later
  • Perils of Louisville
  • White Julep
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Meet a new Angel at pop-up bar
  • Welcome to Derby week!
  • Willett Single Barrel
  • Elijah Craig Barrel Proof
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Earth Day report: Will climate change affect bourbon production?
  • Minty fresh
  • A doggone good cause
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • A barrel of fun at Pinot’s Palette
  • Join me for juleps at the Ice House
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Minnesota: Butcher and the Boar, Minneapolis
  • Mastering the mint julep
  • Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Penny Chenery: 91-proof personality
  • Early Times 354
  • Heaven Hill hits a milestone
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • An instant Classic
  • Desperate times, desperate measures
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Flavor wheel of fortune
  • Jacob’s Ghost
  • A nice day for a white whiskey?
  • Tuesday’s Shot of Bourbon Trivia
  • Higher (proof) learning
  • Down One Bourbon Bar
  • More great bourbon-cookie pairings
  • Taste test: Which Girl Scout cookie goes best with bourbon?
  • Call me old fashioned, but I prefer to enjoy an alcoholic beverage in the traditional manner.
  • The Vaportini: Would you inhale?
  • New: Russell’s Reserve Single Barrel
  • Kentucky rules the Oscars!
  • Four Roses decanter celebrates legendary Triple Crown winner
  • The Proof: Maker’s 84 tastes different to the Bourbon Babe
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  • The Valentine
  • Single Oak Project hits halfway mark
  • Bill Samuels responds to Maker’s fans
  • Foolproof formula for bourbon
  • Maker’s Mark makes waves with announcement
  • Did they reveal which distiller provides the bourbon they are putting in the port casks? Thanks for the review!
  • On the wings of Angel’s Envy
  • The good, the really good and the ugly
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  • Bourbon = love
  • Johnny Drum Private Stock
  • Apocalypse Brew Works
  • Bill Murray, ‘Stripes’ and Booker Noe
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  • Ice, ice, baby
  • It’s hard to argue with that
  • Bourbon & Branch’s Revolver
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  • Bourbon inside the Beltway
  • Bourbon: Ready for its closeup
  • A bourbon distilled in 1901
  • I thoroughly enjoy your blog! I have a very important question, I am a broke college student. What is my best option for cheap, reasonable tasting bourbon? A lot of times I just get W.L. Wellers because its 18 dollars after tax and I cant argue with that price. Any other suggestions?
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  • Deck the halls with lots of bourbon
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  • Bourbon Women shopping event
  • Thursday Bourbon Buzz
  • Happy Repeal Day!
  • Wheel of fortunate
  • Jefferson’s Presidential Select
  • The Derby
  • The Perfect Turkey
  • Angel’s Envy Cask Strength
  • Toast Repeal Day with bathtub gin
  • New tasting rooms at Maker’s Mark
  • These Girls Walk into a Blog…
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  • Woodford Reserve Four Wood
  • Vote the Cocktail Party 2012
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  • Woodford Reserve Master’s Collection
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  • Bourbon and Cider Cocktail
  • Party on, Maker’s Mark
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  • The new Review
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  • Travels in Bourbon Country
  • Jim Beam’s new visitors center
  • Joy’s Ginger Snap
  • We have a winner!
  • Parker’s Heritage 2012
  • Another contest!
  • Conduct your own bourbon tasting
  • A Rare Breed, indeed
  • A mini-Bourbon Fest at the Marriott
  • Four stars for Four Roses
  • See you at the Gala?
  • Bourbon Women contest winners!
  • Buffalo Trace Antique Collection, 2012
  • Angel’s Envy pops up in Bardstown
  • New Four Roses Visitors Center
  • Woodford Ruby
  • Kentucky Bourbon Trail news
  • Judgment day
  • Old Pogue joins Distillers’ Association
  • We want your cocktail recipes!
  • Black Maple Hill
  • Wild Turkey expanding visitors center
  • Eat your bourbon: Fudge at the fair
  • Charr’d Bourbon Kitchen and Lounge
  • Four Roses 2012 Small Batch
  • Happy 200th, Woodford Reserve
  • Create a cocktail for Bourbon Women
  • Town Branch joins the Bourbon Trail
  • Plan a pilgrimage
  • Zip, Sip & Dip with Mint Julep Tours
  • Kentucky bourbon: Read all about it
  • Go behind the scenes at Woodford
  • This ‘Young Adult’ loves her bourbon
  • New: Larceny Bourbon
  • Maker’s shows proof of commitment
  • Cheers to the winners!
  • Last day to enter!
  • New: The Bourbon Classic
  • Big props for small towns
  • Town Branch Bourbon
  • You can’t win if you don’t enter
  • Kentucky love
  • The Limestone Cocktail
  • Prizes – we have prizes!
  • Do you know Jack?
  • Happy Birthday, blog!
  • NYT’s Summer Drinks Randomizer
  • New Orleans comes to the Bluegrass
  • Saving the home of a bourbon baron
  • Blackberry Bourbon Sour
  • Bourbon Built
  • Happy Pappy’s Day!
  • An artist who goes with the grain
  • It’s National Bourbon Day!
  • Drunken cherries
  • Sinking my teeth into…
  • Bourbon Babe abroad: Sangria
  • Bourbon Babe abroad
  • DC-area bourbon lovers, take note!
  • Making a Mark, indeed
  • Shop the Kentucky Bourbon Trail
  • Angel’s share bedevils neighborhood?
  • Single Oak Project: What’s winning?
  • Bourbon Woman: Marjorie Samuels
  • E.H. Taylor Barrel Proof
  • New: Elijah Craig 20-year-old
  • Bow to the Blue
  • Mix it up with the Bourbon Women
  • That’s the ticket
  • The busy life of a master distiller
  • Call to the post
  • Angel’s Envy pop-up bar
  • Roses on the River
  • Bourbon Maple Morning
  • There Will Be Bourbon: Bourbon Women Visits Boston
  • One sip closer to completion
  • Evan Williams Bourbon Experience
  • Drunk on power?
  • Update…
  • Banana bread plus
  • Bourbon on the Belle
  • A full day of drinking bourbon
  • Whoa! That’s one fancy drink
  • A toast to the Titanic
  • ‘Great Compromiser’ – but not on this
  • The craft of bourbon making
  • Four Roses’ Mint Julep Contest
  • Sample the Bourbon Review
  • The red and the blue
  • Angel’s Envy bourbon dinner
  • World Whisky Day
  • Bourbon and basketball
  • Mad about Four Roses
  • Take flight with the Bourbon Women
  • Join the Single Oak Project
  • A wee list o’ cocktails
  • Evan Williams Cherry Reserve
  • Pop quiz: Answers
  • Pop quiz!
  • Woodford Reserve Double Oaked
  • Bistro chef’s Top 5 bourbons
  • A gregarious girls’ night out
  • Have drinks with the Bourbon Babe
  • A ‘slightly sinister’ bourbon
  • A Classic American Experience
  • An extra day to drink bourbon
  • Bourbon and chocolate!
  • Happy Maker’s Mark Day!
  • Tasting notes: BBC Beer & Four Roses Bourbon Dinner
  • Join the Bourbon Babe at the Bistro
  • I’ll have a Rutherford B. Hayes, neat
  • The Garage Bar
  • Neither shaken nor stirred
  • Some Buffalo Love from Buffalo Trace
  • Tornado Surviving Bourbon
  • A new ‘twist’ on the E.H. Taylor line
  • Lawrenceburg Lemonade
  • Bourbon in the house
  • Bon Appetit on Bourbon
  • Building a better distillery?
  • New: Double Oaked Woodford
  • R-O-C-K (S) in the USA
  • (Mostly) Bill Samuels Manhattan
  • All signs point to bourbon
  • A Late Night with David Chang
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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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2017 Buffalo Trace Antique Collection: The Bourbons

By thebourbonbabe on October 6, 2017

Each fall, Buffalo Trace releases its Antique Collection (often referred to as “the B-TAC” by the cool kids), five limited-edition whiskeys of varying recipes, proofs and ages. The good news for Stagg fans is that this year’s batch was bottled…

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