Friday, April 26, 2024

Your COVID self-improvement project: Become the “World’s Top Whiskey Taster”

Bardstown Bourbon Company offers the ideal escape clause from the drudgery of cleaning out the garage during your period of containment at home: don't fill a dumpster, but hone your whiskey-tasting skills by entering...

More than 70 years later, Chicken Cock Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey appears on store...

Grain & Barrel Spirits has debuted Chicken Cock Kentucky Straight Rye Whiskey, which was distilled (95% rye and 5% malted barley), aged a minimum of two years and bottled at 90 proof in conjunction with...

Tonight: Watch as all-star bourbon tasters pick a Pinhook barrel for the James Beard...

Tonight Pinhook Bourbon is selecting a 12-year-old single barrel for bottling, and among the panelists given the enviable task of making the choice is Susan Reigler, F&D's bourbon columnist. The proceeds of the bottling...

Kentucky’s distillers, wineries and breweries may now ship directly to consumers

The Kentucky Distillers' Association (KDA) shares encouraging news from the Kentucky General Assembly last week: the successful passage of House Bill 415, the producer-only direct-to-consumer shipping bill. KDA APPLAUDS PASSAGE OF HB 415 SHIPPING BILL...

A virtual Bourbons Bistro dining experience with the real Jason Brauner

To put it mildly, Jason Brauner thrives in a social setting, effortlessly reading the room at Bourbons Bistro and somehow divining the best bourbon to suit diners and sippers, but now, with Louisville restaurants...

Athletes, human and equine: Woodford Reserve releases its 2020 Kentucky Derby bottle

A watercolor painting by Louisville artist Richard Sullivan, formerly a farmhand in the Atlanta Braves minor league system, graces Woodford Reserve's 2020 commemorative Kentucky Derby bottle.  Quoted in an information release, Woodford Reserve Master Distiller...

Southern Supper Series and other food adventures from Mint Julep Experiences

(6 March 2020 Update: Subsequent to this post, it was announced that the Old Stone Inn had closed. Mint Julep Experiences has altered its itineraries accordingly, and the updated listing appears below) The tour company...

Varanese and Susan Reigler will celebrate local “Women of Whiskey”

On Thursday, March 5 Varanese Restaurant will honor Women's History Month by celebrating local "Women of Whiskey" with a cocktail reception, whiskey flight and four-course dinner paired with two additional cocktails. Diners will hear the...

Angel’s (Envy) and (AtG) Ale, a unique barrel-aged distillery/brewery partnership

It's impossible to know when the light bulb above a brewer's head first lit, hatching the seemingly crazed notion to age beer in a used bourbon barrel. This said, craft brewers began the practice...

13th annual Four Roses Flower Hour is Friday, Feb. 7 at Nanz & Kraft...

It's time again for a refreshingly logical event that combines Four Roses Bourbon, flowers from Nanz & Kraft Florists, Valentine's Day and the American Heart Association. It's the 13th annual Four Roses Flower Hour, a...